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

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.

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

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.

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.

When the intensity it takes to extricate one from a negative state is equal to or greater than the intensity that perpetuated the state, then the person can be freed of that state

Spontaneity is what travel is all about.

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments.

It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.

Freaks are called freaks and are treated as they are treated – in the main, abominably – because they are human beings who cause to echo, deep within us, our most profound terrors and desires.

Women should not allow themselves to be caught up in the hype that says performance, meaning the motions, is what matters.

You should never trust a man who has only one way to spell a word.

I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.

Irrational beliefs are culturally accepted delusions.

As an old junk pusher told me, 'Watch whose money you pick up.'