Unix has retarded OS research by 10 years and linux has retarded it by 20.

- Dennis Ritchie

Sometimes when you fill a vacuum, it still sucks.

- Dennis Ritchie

... with proper design, the features come cheaply. This approach is arduous, but continues to succeed.

- Dennis Ritchie

Pretty much everything on the web uses those two things: C and UNIX.

- Dennis Ritchie

A language that doesn't have everything is actually easier to program in than some that do

- Dennis Ritchie

I'm still uncertain about the language declaration syntax.

- Dennis Ritchie

C is quirky, flawed, and an enormous success.

- Dennis Ritchie

C++ and Java, say, are presumably growing faster than plain C, but I bet C will still be around.

- Dennis Ritchie

UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.

- Dennis Ritchie