32 Quotes by Grace Murray Hopper

Some day, on the corporate balance sheet, there will be an entry which reads, “Information”; for in most cases, the information is more valuable than the hardware which processes it.

Humans are allergic to change.

I’ve always been more interested in the future than in the past.

Developing a compiler was a logical move; but in matters like this, you don’t run against logic – you run against people who can’t change their minds.

I had a running compiler and nobody would touch it. They told me computers could only do arithmetic.

I’ve received many honors and I’m grateful for them; but I’ve already received the highest award I’ll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy.

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

We’re just getting started. We’re just beginning to meet what will be the future-we’ve got the Model T.

We’re flooding people with information. We need to feed it through a processor. A human must turn information into intelligence or knowledge.