We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.
How can you own numbers? Numbers belong to the world.
An algorithm must be seen to be believed.
Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.
The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.
Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute.