It Is Better To Have

Optimization Hinders Evolution. Everything Should Be Built Top-down, Except The First Time. Simplicity Does Not Precede Complexity, But Follows It.

Motto For A Research Laboratory: What We Work On Today, Others Will First Think Of Tomorrow.

We Are On The Verge: Today Our Program Proved Fermat's Next-to-last Theorem.

Every Reader Should Ask Himself Periodically “toward What End, Toward What End?”—but Do Not Ask It Too Often Lest You Pass Up The Fun Of Programming For The Constipation Of Bittersweet Philosophy.

We Toast The Lisp Programmer Who Pens His Thoughts Within Nests Of Parentheses.