Ken Thompson

Bugs are not errors; they are features waiting to be discovered.

The future of computing is not in bigger machines, but in better ideas.

Programming is the art of telling another human what one wants the computer to do.

In the beginning, there was the bit.

Security is a process, not a product.

The only way to learn a new programming language is by writing programs in it.

Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.

A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention.

The art of programming is the art of organizing complexity.

Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night.

Unix is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.

Life is too short for bad code.

The C language combines the power of assembly language with the readability of assembly language.

Great software, like great literature, is unique and can't be copied.

In software, we are building cathedrals, but often with toothpicks.

The measure of a good program is how well it does what it was meant to do.

Humor is the best way to teach complex ideas.

Every program has at least one bug; it's finding them that's hard.