Always remember, however, that there’s usually a simpler and better way to do something than the first way that pops into your head.

Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.

Random numbers should not be generated with a method chosen at random

Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind.

People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

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

Programs are meant to be read by humans and only incidentally for computers to execute.

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil.

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on each other, like a wall of mini stones.

The whole thing that makes a mathematician’s life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues.

Google's done a super good job on search; Apple's done a great job on the IPod.

A primary goal of teaching anything is the advantage that learning gives to people over their competitors who haven't been as well taught.

Pam said, "Sookie, I brought you something, too. I never thought I'd want to spend time with a human, but you're more tolerable than most.

There is always a way to go if you look for it.

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.

Let each look to himself and see what God wants of him and attend to this, leaving all else alone.

I am still learning every day not to watch other people's careers and compare.

(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the self-importance.

Unlike some people, who love to go out, I love to stay home.

It has been said that metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct.