In Computing, The Mean Time To Failure

Optimization Hinders Evolution. Everything Should Be Built Top-down, Except The First Time. Simplicity Does Not Precede Complexity, But Follows It.

In Man-machine Symbiosis, It Is Man Who Must Adjust: The Machines Can't.

Is It Possible That Software Is Not Like Anything Else, That It Is Meant To Be Discarded: That The Whole Point Is To Always See It As A Soap Bubble?

Fortran Is Not A Flower But A Weed - It Is Hardy, Occasionally Blooms, And Grows In Every Computer.

A Lisp Programmer Knows The Value Of Everything, But The Cost Of Nothing.