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Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught how not to. So it is with the great programmers.

Top Ten Things Overheard At The ANSI C Draft Committee Meetings: (7) Well, it’s an excellent idea, but it would make the compilers too hard to write.

When all else fails, read the instructions.

“There is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.” — Mark Twain

The two most common things in the Universe are hydrogen and stupidity. — Harlan Ellison

Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.

The reason that every major university maintains a department of mathematics is that it’s cheaper than institutionalizing all those people.