Perfection (in design) is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away.

- Antoine de Saint Exupéry

Good judgment comes from experience; experience comes from bad judgment.

- Frederick Brooks

The most important single aspect of software development is to be clear about what you are trying to build.

- Bjarne Stroustrup

The unavoidable price of reliability is simplicity.

- C.A.R. Hoare