Newton's three laws of graduations: here - PhD comics
“The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” - Albert Einstein
“Coding styles are like assholes, everyone has one and no one likes anyone elses.” - Eric Warmenhoven
“Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is bad, it is better than nothing.” - Dick Brandon
“UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.” - Dennis Ritchie.
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” - Thomas Watson - IBM Chairman 1943
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” - Albert Einstein
“There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.” - Ken Olsen - President, Digital Equipment, 1977.
“In the future, airplanes will be flown by a dog and a pilot. And the dog’s job will be to make sure that if the pilot tries to touch any of the buttons, the dog bites him.” - Scott Adams.
How C++ is like teenage sex:
It is on everyone's mind all the time.
Everyone talks about it all the time.
Everyone thinks everyone else is doing it.
Almost no one is really doing it.
The few who are doing it are: i) doing it poorly; ii) sure it will be better next time; iii) not practising it safely.
“Hey! It compiles! Ship it!”