1. Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris. (Larry Wall)
程序员的美德：懒惰，没有耐心以及老子天下第一。
2. In theory， there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. (Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut)
理论上看，理论和实践之间是没有差别的。但是，在实践中，有。
3. It’s not at all important to get it right the first time. It’s vitally important to get it right the last time. (Andrew Hunt and David Thomas)
第一次是否正确完成一点也不重要。最后一次正确完成才至关重要。
4. The software isn’t finished until the last user is dead. (Anonymous)
直到最后一个用户死去，软件才算完成。
5. Commenting your code is like cleaning your bathroom — you never want to do it, but it really does create a more pleasant experience for you and your guests. (Ryan Campbell)
注释代码就像是清洁浴室——尽管你满心不情愿，但它确实可以为你和你的客人创造一种更舒适的体验。
6. Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. (Martin Golding)
写代码的时候总是想象维护你代码的家伙是一个知道你住在哪里的暴力精神病患者。
7. Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. (Bill Gates)
通过代码行数衡量开发进程就好比用重量来衡量飞机制造进度。
8. If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. (Edsger Dijkstra)
如果调试是消除软件 bug 的过程，那么编程就是产出 bug 的过程。
9. Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity， but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. (Alan Kay)
现在的大多数软件非常像埃及金字塔，在彼此之间堆建了成千上万的砖块，缺乏结构完整性，只是靠蛮力和成千上万的奴隶完成。
10. Software and cathedrals are much the same – first we build them, then we pray. (Sam Redwine)
软件和教堂非常相似——首先，我们建造它们，然后我们祈祷。