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

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

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

In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.

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

Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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.