In other words, after the laws of physics, everything else is opinion.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics

First, we have to understand the problem; we have to see clearly what is required. Second, we have to see how the various items are connected, how the unknown is linked to the data, in order to obtain the idea of the solution, to make a plan. Third, we carry out our plan. Fourth, we look back at the completed solution, we review and discuss it.

— G. Polya and John H. Conway, Sapiens

The lesson of Flon’s Law is that there is no point in trying to invent a programming language which can coerce programmers into writing code you approve of, because that is impossible. For context, Flon’s Law is: “A good programmer will program well in any language, and a bad programmer will program poorly in any language”

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, Inadequate Equilibria

Whenever a supervisor is responsible for work he does not understand, he begins to reward workers not for work, but for the appearance of work.

— Gerald Weinberg, The Phychology of Computer Programming

Have you heard about the dyslexic theologian who tried to prove that a dog exists?

— Martin Gardner, The Whys of a Philosophical Scrivener