Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
The crazier the theory, the more likely it is to be correct.
The key to performance is elegance, not battalions of special cases.
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's law.