In my experience, you either have encapsulation and abstraction or you have neither. There is no middle ground.

Good code is its own best documentation.

Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It’s less predictable, it’s more fun, and it comes without a 30-day, money-back guarantee.

The trouble with quick and dirty is that dirty remains long after quick has been forgotten.

It's better to wait for a productive programmer to become available than it is to wait for the first available programmer to become productive.

A brute force solution that works is better than an elegant solution that doesn't work.

The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.

Good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program.

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.

Engineering is the application of scientific principles toward practical ends. If the engineering isn't practical, it's bad engineering.

In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.

Her mindset will raise your children not her body or good looks

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.

Young people don't really study the facts; they watch the skewed MSNBC and get a primarily liberal education.

I think self-esteem comes from work.

I've seen death and I didn't like it.

Those who live for one another learn that love is the bond of perfect unity.

When you smile and project an aura of warmth, kindness, and friendliness, you will attract warms, kindness, and friendliness. Happy people will be drawn to you.

The body remembers what your mind forgets.

Prayer turns theology into experience.

When you are saying you want to feel good, what you really are saying is you want to feel God: I want my thoughts to be the same as the source from which I emanated.