We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%

We should continually be striving to transform every art into a science: in the process, we advance the art.

I'm obsessively detail-oriented.

The most important thing in the kitchen is the waste paper basket and it needs to be centrally located.

The best practice is inspired by theory.

Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.

How can you own numbers? Numbers belong to the world.