The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

So - what are the most important problems in software engineering? I’d answer “dealing with complexity”. -- Mark Chu-Carroll

Thus, programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. -- Alan J. Perlis

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Anonymous

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. –Roger Staubach