Gurbaksh Chahal

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.

The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.

Everything intelligent is so boring.

In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice; In practice, there is.

The quickest way from A to B is not always at the most feverish pace.

If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems. And that’s a big mistake.

Pies, para que los quiero si tengo alas para volar. (“Feet, what do I need them for if I have wings to fly.”)

All this is only for the mice and myself to admire!

It’s not the time to look for excuses.

We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.

Most fashionable commodity in US is going to be old-fashioned common sense and work.

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.