Computers are good at following instructions, but not at reading your mind. — Donald Knuth
… the designer of a new system must not only be the implementor and the first large-scale user; the designer should also write the first user manual. … If I had not participated fully in all these activities, literally hundreds of improvements would never have been made, because I would never have thought of them or perceived why they were important. — Donald Knuth
Any inaccuracies in this index may be explained by the fact that it has been sorted with the help of a computer. — Donald Knuth Sorting and Searching
TeX has found at least one bug in every Pascal compiler it’s been run on, I think, and at least two in every C compiler. — Donald Knuth
The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music. — Donald Knuth