JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

Generally, the craft of programming is the factoring of a set of requirements into a a set of functions and data structures.

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.

In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders.

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding the bad parts.

People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing.

Things don't change because people change their minds. They change because they retire or die.

It turns out that style matters in programming for the same reason that it matters in writing. It makes for better reading.

Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example.

People who should be the first to recognize the value of an innovation are often the last.

I'm just working class. I can pay the bills most of the time, usually from royalties.

I called a company and asked to speak to Bob. The person who answered said, "Bob is on vacation. Would you like to hold?

The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key.

I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.

A real friend ... exults in his friend’s happiness, rejoices in all his joys, and is ready to afford him the best advice.

Keep your sense of self; don't get caught up in what people want you to be.

The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Now people think it's cool to have a baby, but it ain't cool to take care of it. We have to change that. You make your life for that baby. That's the future.

If you were aboard a lifeboat with a baby and a dog, and the boat capsized, would you rescue the baby or the dog?" Regan, "If it were a retarded baby and a bright dog, I'd save the dog.