"Writing code has a place in the human hierarchy worth somewhere above grave robbing and beneath managing."

"The Star Trek computer doesn't seem that interesting. They ask it random questions, it thinks for a while. I think we can do better than that."

"The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time."

"I had a fortune cookie the other day and it said: 'Outlook not so good'. I said: 'Sure, but Microsoft ships it anyway'."

"But they are useless. They can only give you answers."

"If a program manipulates a large amount of data, it does so in a small number of ways."

"We're seeing how the videos translate to the live shows and how the technology is really reaching kids."

"Never let a computer know you're in a hurry."

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense."

"I'm a great believer in new technology and I think new technology is very scary for newspaper companies."