Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour.

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.

Hard-ons don't make you think less. They make you think stupid.

Jesus expects one hundred percent surrender, and when that is accomplished He rewards a thousandfold.

To taste the sea all one needs is one gulp.

When I was at drama school I wanted to do classical theatre. It just so happened that I did a film when I came out and I moved that way.

It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous.

... if you have nothing, you are free to choose among dreams and fantasies.

Money is like water in a leaky bucket: no sooner there, it begins to drip.

When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work. Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.

I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

I like it when girls are screaming for me. It makes me feel really player-like. I enjoy being out there, delivering my songs, and putting a face to the music.