Quotes by Ken Thompson

When in doubt, use brute force.
– Ken Thompson
You can't trust code that you did not totally create yourself.
– Ken Thompson
That brings me to Dennis Ritchie. Our collaboration has been a thing of beauty.
– Ken Thompson
I have to keep up with the scientific literature as part of my job, but increasingly I found myself reading things that weren't really relevant to my academic work, but were relevant to gardening.
– Ken Thompson