If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. – Edsger Dijkstra
Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if thats what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. – Edsger Dijkstra
Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure. – Edsger Dijkstra
Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning. – Edsger Dijkstra
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obamas story. But since the Inauguration, weve seen only the presidents present: his perfect family, his Ivy League elegance, his effortless mastery of complex issues. We never see him sweat. And we forget that he ever had to struggle. – Dee Dee Myers