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.
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
A good programming language is a conceptual universe for thinking about programming.
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.