Grace Hopper — "I think the Mark I was probably the most exciting thing I ever did."

"At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can."

"I've always objected to doing anything over again if I had already done it once."

"Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic — you run against people who can't change their minds."

"The wonderful thing about a computer is that you can make it do exactly what you want it to do."

"I have a theory that a quarter of the people in the world are creative, a quarter are destructive, and half are just plain dumb."