“It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.”

“Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.”

“Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning.”

“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”

“The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.”

“Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.”

“It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.”