A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

- Grace Hopper

Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don't run against logic - you run against people who can't change their minds.

- Grace Hopper

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

- Grace Hopper

One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.

- Grace Hopper

No computer is ever going to ask a new, reasonable question. It takes trained people to do that.

- Grace Hopper

Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way.' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs…

- Grace Hopper

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

- Grace Hopper

The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way.' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologiz…

- Grace Hopper

I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept of women and children first...I…

- Grace Hopper