Simplicity And Elegance Are Unpopular

[though Computer Science Is A Fairly New Discipline, It Is Predominantly Based On The Cartesian World View. As Edsgar W. Dijkstra Has Pointed Out] A Scientific Discipline Emerges With The - Usually Rather Slow! - Discovery Of Which Aspects Can Be Meaningfully 'studied' In Isolation For The Sake Of Their Own Consistency.

Brainpower Is By Far Our Scarcest Resource.

The Art Of Programming Is The Art Of Organizing Complexity.

I Don't Need To Waste My Time With A Computer Just Because I Am A Computer Scientist.

Don't Compete With Me: Firstly, I Have More Experience, And Secondly, I Have Chosen The Weapons.