If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.

Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.

If in physics there's something you don't understand, you can always hide behind the uncharted depths of nature. You can always blame God. You didn't make it so complex yourself. But if your program doesn't work, there is no one to hide behind. You cannot hide behind an obstinate nature. If it doesn't work, you've messed up.

Mentally mutilated potential programmers beyond hope of regeneration.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

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

I don't need to waste my time with a computer just because I am a computer scientist.