There are no standards for computer programmers and no group to certify them.

Copy and paste is a design error.

One bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year.

Artificial intelligence has the same relation to intelligence as artificial flowers have to flowers.

Requirements in mathematical language are no use unless they are easier to read than the code.

We must not forget that the wheel is reinvented so often because it is a very good idea; I've learned to worry more about the soundness of ideas that were invented only once.

Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically', they really mean, 'not really'.

Find the simplest model that is not a lie is the key to better software design.

Complexity is not a goal. I don't want to be remembered as an engineer of complex systems.

I have found that the reason a lot of people are interested in artificial intelligence is the same reason a lot of people are interested in artificial limbs: they are missing one.

the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.

Moving on means getting back on track to align with the opposite of what turned you off.

Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.

Energy even like the Biblical grain of mustard-seed will move mountains.

Don't Just Do Something: Stand There. Don't Just Stand There: Do Something.

If the opponent offers keen play I don't object; but in such cases I get less satisfaction, even if I win, than from a game conducted according to all the rules of strategy with its ruthless logic.

Some men over-tweeze their eyebrows, and it's just too perfect. Men are meant to have kind of a bushy brow. Too much aftershave is also off-putting; it's one of my pet hates.

There are details within details within details to anchor you in the fact that we are talking about the real world, not an illustrated children's book fantasy world.

I just loved to play. I liked to study the other ballplayers. I could talk about it for ages, because I played professional ball for 20 years, and I was still learning when I quit.

Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder to change.