Daniel J. Bernstein Quotations

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I thank God for not making me a computer scientist.

I do engineering, not religion.

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