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

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

There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it.

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

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

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.