“Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code. ”

“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”

“We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.”

“Sometimes we disfigure ourselves by what we think about ourselves rather than by what we do to ourselves. Some people have been disfigured emotionally because of what others did to them when they were children. Sometimes our memory banks become warehouses of beliefs and feelings that cripple our progress.”

“data files aren’t executable, and viruses have to be executed. It’s safest to say that viruses hide only in executable program files.”

“Women are programmed to think they’re the only screw-up in the universe and men are programmed to think they’re the smartest creatures in the universe.”