Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.

Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.

The crazier the theory, the more likely it is to be correct.