The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish.

In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.

The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name an…

A list is only as strong as its weakest link.

Since I was a small child, one of my dreams has been to compete in motor vehicle races all over the world with a vehicle of my own making, and to win.

I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave. And when I say 'before we leave', I mean 'before we die'.

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.