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

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

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

A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.

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?