Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.

Do what you think is interesting, do something that you think is fun and worthwhile, because otherwise you won't do it well anyway.

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements.

90% of the functionality delivered now is better than 100% delivered never.

C is a razor-sharp tool, with which one can create an elegant and efficient program or a bloody mess.

Don't document bad code - rewrite it.

... it is a fundamental principle of testing that you must know in advance the answer each test case is supposed to produce. If you don't, you are not testing; you are experimenting.

Believe the terrain, not the map

Each new user of a new system uncovers a new class of bugs.

If you had done something twice, you are likely to do it again.

To admit your ignorance is freeing. To say, "I don't know" is to free yourself from having to come up with a bullshit answer.

Sheer male interest filled his gaze which was entirely focused on her. She'd never before felt so female, so utterly desirable, so wanton.

Quality brings security and confidence

The universe likes speed, focus and dedication. Whatever we put our attention on, drives miracles towards us without much efforts.

The monsters in our valley were destroyed that day. Only a very few survived. But that was all right, because we didn't need monsters anymore. We had become them.

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

I shall not mingle conjectures with certainties.

After all, this is a world of rock and water and air. It is elemental. It is not ours.

The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance.

Who one believes God to be is most accurately revealed not in any credo but in the way one speaks to God when no one else is listening.