All programmers are playwrights and all computers are lousy actors.

Artificial Intelligence: the art of making computers that behave like the ones in movies

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

PL<br>1, "the fatal disease", belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.

It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.

If the automobile had followed the same development cyclee as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

And, of course, you have the commercials where savvy businesspeople Get Ahead by using their MacIntosh computers to create the ultimate American business product: a really sharp-looking report.

The danger from computers is not that they will eventually get as smart as men, but that we will meanwhile agree to meet them halfway."

A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you.<br> Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).