Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.

In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.

When someone says, "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I want done," give him a lollipop.

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.