Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
Optimization hinders evolution. Everything should be built top-down, except the first time. Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
C programmers never die. They are just cast into void.
One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.