You can't prove anything about a program written in C or FØRTRAN. It's really just Peek and Poke with some syntactic sugar.

Most of the bright people don't work for you - no matter who you are.

We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.

Bitmap display is media compatible with dot matrix or laser printers.

I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard.

The best way to do research is to make a radical assumption and then assume it's true. For me, I use the assumption that object oriented programming is the way to go.

Sometimes the easiest way to get something done is to be a little naive about it.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

Interleaf is based on the formatting process.

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

In fact, the world needs more nerds.

Do old people always live in the past? What yesterday was firm and true, may not be so today.

I was about 12 when I heard my first Lenny Bruce record. He was already dead. But it changed my life and really did change the world.

It's not what happened but how it is told.

Estragon: Suppose we repented. Vladimir: Repented what? Estragon: Oh...(He reflects.) We wouldn’t have to go into the details. Vladimir: Our being born?

In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.

Our customers call and e-mail us to say that's how it feels when a Zappos box arrives. And that's how we view this company.

I really do know what I want with my life. I think that keeps me from making bad decisions and spending time doing stuff I don't enjoy.

My mother was extremely controlled, sort of flawless. And I always tend to be a bit more hippie.