FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.

Every reader should ask himself periodically “Toward what end, toward what end?”—but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.

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

In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.

Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

In English every word can be verbed.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.