I think the major good idea in Unix was its clean and simple interface: open, close, read, and write. Ken Thompson Read Quote
In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own. Ken Thompson Read Quote
I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it. Ken Thompson Read Quote
I wanted to separate data from programs, because data and instructions are very different. Ken Thompson Read Quote
No amount of source-level verification or scrutiny will protect you from using untrusted code. Ken Thompson Read Quote