"No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that."

"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…"

"You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington."

"Why do you sit there and ask me questions? Why don't you get up and do something?"

"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."