"Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems."

"I noticed he always said no to things the first time. So the next time I went in to suggest something I said 'let's pretend this is the second time I'm presenting this'. I said, 'you always say no the…"

"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…"

"They don't teach you that in school. You learn it by doing it."

"It was much more fun to program the Mark I than to operate it."