Clarity Quotes

“It is not a bad thing to have a good case and to be able to state it.”

“Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.”

“There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.”

“Not creating delusions is enlightenment.”

“The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks.”

“A problem thoroughly understood is a problem half solved.”

“There are times when you have to be very clear about what you are for and what you are against.”

“You have to give the player a clear goal. What am I supposed to be doing here?”

“The clarifying process of writing is a wonderful thing. I think that's what I love most about writing. It's this beautiful, clarifying process that allows me to come to an understanding of things.”

“Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.”

“It is not my intention to be misunderstood.”

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

“We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see.”

“Speeches are not built in shades of gray. They are built in black and white.”

“To do philosophy is to engage in a process of conceptual clarification.”

“October is the fallen leaf, but it is also a wider horizon more clearly seen. It is the distant hills once more in sight, and the enduring constellations above them once again.”

“There's no sense in being precise when you don't even know what you're talking about.”

“Information is the resolution of uncertainty.”

“To solve a problem, you need to be able to see it.”

“A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.”