To improve your writing, cut out unnecessary words. Michael A. Covington, How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily, 2009, page 44
A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. Doug Linder
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. Bill Gates
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Unknown
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Søren Kierkegaard, The Journals of Søren Kierkegaard, 1843