Quotes

Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

The map is not the territory.

The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.

Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

The details are not the details. They make the design.

The value of an idea lies in the using of it.

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

Writing is part of the work. Not decoration after the work.

The map is not the work, but it keeps the work from disappearing.