Don't document bad code - rewrite it.

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.

... 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.

We have to be honest about what we want and take risks rather than lie to ourselves and make excuses to stay in our comfort zone.

Beauty is only skin deep.

You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there.

Software is usually expected to be modified over the course of its productive life. The process of converting one correct program into a different correct program is extremely challenging.

In any spiritual undertaking, God's first order of business is to see to the spiritual health of His people.

Wit ought to be a glorious treat like caviar; never spread it about like marmalade.

The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms.

The best way to excape his ire Is, not to seem too happy.

People go into things for the wrong reasons.

Writers must constantly ask: what I am trying to say? Surprisingly often, they don't know.