When a programming language is created that allows programmers to program in simple English, it will be discovered that programmers cannot speak English. – Author Unknown

The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. – J.Osterhout

At Group L, Stoffel oversees six first-rate programmers, a managerial challenge roughly equivalent to herding cats. – The Washington Post Magazine, 9 June 1985

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations…. They now need more, and more expensive clerks even though they call them “operators” or “programmers.” – Peter F. Drucker