Daniel J. Bernstein

Just because it's automatic doesn't mean it works.

I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.

The most important function of a bibliographic entry is to help the reader obtain a copy of the cited work.

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

From a security perspective, if you're connected, you're screwed.

The average user doesn't give a damn what happens, as long as (1) it works and (2) it's fast.

I'm an academic. It's publish or perish.

In general, the Internet was not designed to accommodate deliberate failures to communicate.

I do engineering, not religion.

I won't be satisfied until I've put the entire security industry out of work.