Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.

There is no such thing as a free variable.

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.

Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.

A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.

In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word "frustration".

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.