Grace Hopper — "I'm going to retire when I'm 100."

"If one ox could not do the job they did not try to grow a bigger ox, but used two oxen. When we need greater computer power, the answer is not to get a bigger computer, but... to build systems of comp…"

"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."

"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 only constant in the computer industry is change."

"I don't believe in taking no for an answer."