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.

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.

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.

A blanket attempt to avoid mistakes is the biggest mistake of all.

Be very, very careful what you put in that head, because you will never, ever get it out.

Free men set themselves free.

This is not to isolate Israel but rather to hold Israel to a higher standard that we also have to hold ourselves to as well.

Either because I was an athlete or because I was black - probably both - there seemed to be a clear assumption that I wouldn't be up to the work.

But maybe, underneath, she loves him too much. Maybe it's her excessive love that pushes him away.

I take care of military families. Their sacrifices are very real.

In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.

He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.

The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.

Head gear, plus acne equals...table for one in the cafeteria.