In software systems it is often the early bird that makes the worm.

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

A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.

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

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.

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