Computers are like bikinis. They save people a lot of guesswork.

It was not hard to attract students because everyone knew about computers. But it was very hard to attract faculty because there were no 'computer scientists' at that time -- just knowledgeable people who had jobs in industry and had learned computing on their own.

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career

When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.