Premature Optimization Is The Root Of All

... The Designer Of A New System Must Not Only Be The Implementor And The First Large-scale User; The Designer Should Also Write The First User Manual. ... If I Had Not Participated Fully In All These Activities, Literally Hundreds Of Improvements Would Never Have Been Made, Because I Would Never Have Thought Of Them Or Perceived Why They Were Important.

The Enjoyment Of One's Tools Is An Essential Ingredient Of Successful Work.

I Define Unix As 30 Definitions Of Regular Expressions Living Under One Roof.

People Think That Computer Science Is The Art Of Geniuses But The Actual Reality Is The Opposite, Just Many People Doing Things That Build On Each Other, Like A Wall Of Mini Stones.

The Most Important Thing In The Kitchen Is The Waste Paper Basket And It Needs To Be Centrally Located.