But just make someone who has fallen in love listen to his stomach rumble, and the unity of body and soul, that lyrical illusion of the age of science , instantly fades away.
The system metaphor is a story that everyone--customers, programmers, and managers--can tell about how the system works.
I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.
A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.
Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.
Make it work, make it right, make it fast.
I've known people who have not mastered their tools who are good programmers, but not a tool master who remained a mediocre programmer.
The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish are caught the trap is forgotten. The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits. When the rabbits are caught, the snare is forgotten. The purpose of the word is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to.
I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.
A talkative person runs himself upon great inconvenience by blabbing out his own and others' secrets.
I saw a limit to what I was giving as kind of a scam I was running on the KGB, by giving them people that I knew were their double agents fed to us.