Omit needless words. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by instinct. -- Brave New World (paraphrased)

I think the root of your mistake is saying that macros don't scale to larger groups. The real truth is that macros don't scale to stupider groups. -- Paul Graham, on the Lightweight Languages mailing list.

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook

I’d rather write programs to write programs than write programs. -- Richard Sites

The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own ignorance. -- DJ MacLean

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. –Latin Proverb

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison

I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. –Benjamin Franklin