In English every word can be verbed.
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.
The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Optimization hinders evolution.
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.