The best book on programming for the layman is Alice in Wonderland, but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.

Every reader should ask himself periodically “Toward what end, toward what end?”—but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.

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

We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.

Optimization hinders evolution.

FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed - it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.

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