Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration.

Much of the excitement we get out of our work is that we don't really know what we are doing.

If there is one 'scientific' discovery I am proud of, it is the discovery of the habit of writing without publication in mind.

In the software business there are many enterprises for which it is not clear that science can help them; that science should try is not clear either.

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

Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average programmer, you must not fall into the trap of rejecting a surgical technique because it is beyond the capabilities of the barber in his shop around the corner.

The prisoner falls in love with his chains.