complicated code is a sign that you don't understand your…

To understand a program, you must become both the machine and the program.

— Alan Perlis

Most programs are not write-once. They are reworked and rewritten again and again in their lived. Bugs must be debugged. Changing requirements and the…

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

In software you can't really add people and expect to get more done, because their ability to understand the program and what's going on…

— Bill Gates

Programmers are always surrounded by complexity; we cannot avoid it… If our basic tool, the language in which we design and code our programs,…

— Tony Hoare

It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.

— Steve McConnell

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is…

— Steve McConnell

The important thing about tax reform is you make the tax code less complicated, easier for people to understand.

— Grover Norquist

The tax code is 10 times the size of the Bible with none of the good news.

— Paul Ryan

When we're done simplifying the tax code, getting the lobbyist carve outs our of the tax code, lowering our rates and letting people have…

— Paul Ryan

I kind of pride myself on coming onto things that are well-oiled machines and finding a way to bring what I bring and fit…

— Rob Lowe

I loved 'Chicago Code;' I watched that a lot. It was great because it really captured the city - I'm from Chicago, too.

— Jessy Schram

It would be a piece of ingenuousness to accuse the man of today of his lack of moral code. The accusation would leave him…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Writing code means always having to say you're sorry.

— Paul Ford

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

— Ken Thompson

It is no secret that I have read 'The Da Vinci Code' several times. I genuinely believe that 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'Angels…

— Ashwin Sanghi