Computer Science is embarrassed by the computer.

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

Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.

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.

In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.

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

It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?