In English every word can be verbed.

Every program has (at least) two purposes: the one for which it was written and another for which it wasn't.

You think you KNOW when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.

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

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?

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

When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.