Grace Hopper — "The trouble with people is, they don't want to think."

"The most important thing I've accomplished, other than building the compiler, is training young people."

"In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of comput…"

"The future belongs to those who are willing to take risks."

"Computers are like people. They have to be taught."

"In total desperation, I called over to the engineering building, and I said, 'Please cut off a nanosecond and send it over to me.'... At the end of about a week, I called back and said, 'I need someth…"