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

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

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

Programmers are not to be measured by their ingenuity and their logic but by the completeness of their case analysis.

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?

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

I think it is inevitable that people program poorly. Training will not substantially help matters. We have to learn to live with it.