SQL, Lisp, and Haskell are the only programming languages that I've seen where one spends more time thinking than typing.

- Philip Greenspun

If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into a novel. But I didn't so I slapped it up …

- Philip Greenspun

Most people who are rich chose their parents wisely.

- Philip Greenspun

Progress in computer science is made with the distribution of revolutionary software systems and the publication of revolutionary books. We don't nee…

- Philip Greenspun

Although the Buddhists will tell you that desire is the root of suffering, my personal experience leads me to point the finger at system administrati…

- Philip Greenspun

The devil is real. He lives inside C programs.

- Philip Greenspun

I don't myself believe in astrology. However, I think that's because I'm a Libra and Libras are always skeptical.

- Philip Greenspun

Frame is a good enough piece of software that there are actually rewards to taking an intelligent and formal approach to your problem. But if you wan…

- Philip Greenspun

Everything that I've learned about computers at MIT I have boiled down into three principles: Unix: You think it won't work, but if you find the righ…

- Philip Greenspun