自由不是选择黑白，而是放弃这种规定的选择。
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices.
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
"In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."
我们写的每一个方程都是宇宙的一首诗，是存在伟大史诗中的一节。
Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden: Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf.
Science is a bridge connecting the past and the future, allowing us to see further by standing on the shoulders of giants.
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
编程语言中最重要的东西是名字。没有好名字的语言不会成功。