Entropy and Art: "Order is a prerequisite of survival; therefore the impulse to produce orderly arrangements is inbred by evolution. The social organizations of animals,the spatial formations of travelling birds or fishes, the webs of spiders and bee hives are examples. A pervasive striving for order seems to be inherent also in the human mind-an inclination that applies mostly for good practical reasons. "

 
The Story of the Two Things: "For every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things or just not important."

 
Students saying no to computer science: "Nationwide numbers for undergraduate enrollments in computer science departments this fall were not available. But a survey of Ph.D.-granting computer science departments in the United States by the Computer Research Association found that the number of new undergraduate majors in the field dropped 18 percent last year. "