Seymour Cray

“Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.”

“Parity is for farmers.”

“It seems so obvious to me that the molecule is the manager.”

“The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it’s too late.”

“My main purpose in life is to make a big fast computer.”

“I'm one of those people who is personally convinced that the molecule is the answer, if you can only find the right molecule.”

“If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?”

“One of my guiding principles is don’t do anything that other people are doing.”

“The most important thing to me in the whole world is to have something to do that I like to do.”