The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

- Ken Olsen

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

- Ken Olsen

On almost anything someone does in the computer business, you can go back in the literature and prove someone had done it earlier.

- Ken Olsen

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.

- Ken Olsen

When I was a teenager in the late 30's and early 40's, electronics wasn't a word. You were interested in radio if you were interested in electronics.

- Ken Olsen

Teamwork was more accepted 40 years ago.

- Ken Olsen

Not a single, substantial, commercially-successful product had come from an adequately-finded team. They'd always come from the scrounging, scrapping…

- Ken Olsen