Testing shows the presence, not the absence of bugs.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

A programming language is a tool that has profound influence on our thinking habits.

Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated.

In passing I draw attention to another English expression which often occurs in Dutch texts: "the real world". In Dutch - and I am afraid not in Dutch alone - its usage is almost always a symptom of a violent anti-intellectualism.

Experience does by no means automatically leads to wisdom and understanding.

How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity - in short: what mathematicians call elegance - are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?