1. 自以为聪明的人往往是没有上场的。世界上最聪明的人是最老实的人。因为只有老实人才能经得起事实和历史的考验。

1. People who think they are smart often don't make it on the stage. The smartest people in the world are the most honest ones. Because only honest people can withstand the test of facts and history.

2. 要是Java真的有垃圾回收的话，大部分程序在执行的时候就会把自己干掉了。

2. If Java really did have garbage collection, most programs would kill themselves during execution.

3. 当你对自己诚实的时候，世界上没有人能够欺骗得了你。

3. When you are honest with yourself, no one in the world can deceive you.

4. 最好的程序员跟好的程序员相比可不止好那么一点点。这种好不是一个数量级的，取决于标准怎么定：概念创造性、速度、设计的独创性或者解决问题的能力。

4. The best programmers are not just a little better than good programmers. This kind of excellence is not on the same scale, depending on how the standard is defined: conceptual creativity, speed, originality of design, or problem-solving ability.

5. 随机数的产生实在太重要了，不能够让它由偶然性来决定。

5. The generation of random numbers is extremely important and cannot be left to chance.

6. 我总是以为自己是会对流失的时间和往事习惯的不管在哪里,碰到谁以什么样的方式结束

6. I always thought I would get used to the passage of time and past events, no matter where I was or who I encountered, and how they ended in any way.

7. 计算机并不解决问题，它们只是执行解决方案。

7. Computers do not solve problems; they merely execute solutions.

8. 控制复杂性是计算机编程的本质。

8. Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming.

9. 整个社会由于科学迅速发展得到的好处待以弥补其所造成的损害。 ——斯坦普

9. The benefits derived by the entire society from the rapid development of science are to compensate for the damage it has caused. ——Stamp

10. 一个人静静坐在电脑面前写代码的感觉，那是什么感觉？那是武林高手闭关修炼的感觉。

10. What is it like to sit quietly in front of a computer writing code? It's like a martial arts master sealing himself away for training.

11. 运气好的黑客能用几个月的时间-生产出一个小规模的开发团体（比如说，7-8人）历尽艰辛一起工作了一年多才能做出来的东西。IBM经常报告说某些程序员的生产力要比其它工人高百倍，甚至更多。

11. Lucky hackers can produce something that a small-scale development team (such as a group of 7-8 people) who have worked tirelessly together for over a year can only achieve in a few months. IBM often reports that the productivity of certain programmers is up to a hundred times higher, and even more, than that of other workers.

12. 伟大的车工值得给他几倍于普通车工的薪水，但一个伟大的软件代码作家，其价值则要等同于一个普通的软件写手的价格的1万倍。

12. A great lathe operator deserves several times the salary of an ordinary lathe operator, but a great software code writer is worth ten thousand times the price of an ordinary software writer.

13. 程序员是值得尊敬的，程序员的双手是魔术师的双手，他们把枯燥无味的代码变成了丰富多彩的软件。

13. Programmers are worthy of respect; the hands of programmers are the hands of magicians, turning boring code into colorful software.

14. 如果大幅增加费用换来的只是性能可疑的提升，这种情况仅仅出现在赛马和女人身上才是让人可以容忍的。

14. If a significant increase in costs only results in questionable improvements in performance, this situation is only tolerable if it occurs only in horse racing and with women.

15. 前面90%的代码要占用开发时间的前90%。剩下的10%的代码要占用开发时间的另一90%。

15. The first 90% of the code should take up 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code should take up the other 90% of the development time.

16. 亲爱的朋友呀，当我静听着海涛时，我好几次在暮色深沉的黄昏里，在这个海岸上，感到你的伟大思想的沉默了。

16. Oh dear friend, as I listen to the waves of the sea, I have often felt the silence of your great thoughts in the deep twilight of the evening, upon this shore.

17. 好的程序员会用脑，但是好的向导救我们于样样都要想到。

17. A good programmer uses their brain, but a good guide saves us from having to think of everything.

18. 不管那些计算机书籍如何宣称，只需记住，你并非'傀儡'。真正的傀儡是那些无法设计出易于使用的硬件和软件的那些人，尽管他们是技术专家，因为这是普通消费者赖以生活的东西。

18. No matter how those computer books claim, just remember, you are not a 'puppet.' The real puppets are those who cannot design user-friendly hardware and software, even though they are technical experts, because that is what ordinary consumers rely on to live.

19. 只有两种编程语言：一种是天天挨骂的，另一种是没人用的。

19. There are only two programming languages: one is constantly criticized, and the other is never used.

20. 人类有史以来的所有发明中也许不包括手枪或龙舌兰酒计算机是让你犯错误最多最快的。

20. Among all the inventions in human history, perhaps none are as prone to cause the most and quickest mistakes as the computer made from tequila or the gun.

21. 是人都会犯错，不过要想把事情彻底搞砸还得请电脑出马。

21. Everyone makes mistakes, but to truly screw things up, you need to call in the computer.

22. 你们当中很多人都知道程序员的美德。当然啦，有三种：那就是懒惰、急躁以及傲慢。

22. Many of you are aware of the virtues of programmers. Of course, there are three: laziness, impatience, and arrogance.

23. 计算机会不会思考这个问题就像问潜水艇会不会游泳一样。

23. A computer would not think about this question any more than it would make a submarine swim.

24. 科学是人类的共同财富，而真正科学家的任务就是丰富这个全人类都能受益的知识宝库。

24. Science is the common wealth of humanity, and the true task of scientists is to enrich this treasure trove of knowledge that benefits all of humanity.

25. 把良好的编程风格教给那些之前曾经接触过BASIC的学生几乎是不可能的。作为可能的程序员，他们已精神残废，无重塑的可能了。

25. It is almost impossible to teach good programming style to students who have previously been exposed to BASIC. As potential programmers, they have become mentally crippled and have no possibility of reshaping themselves.

26. 计算机没什么用。他们只会告诉你答案。

26. Computers are not very useful. They only tell you the answers.

27. 一种科学要对人类的知识有所贡献，也不必勉强人家信服。相信不相信，要看成绩，它可以耐心等待用自己的研究成果来引起大家的注意。 ——弗洛伊德

27. A science must contribute to human knowledge without forcing people to believe in it. Whether to believe or not should be based on its achievements; it can patiently wait to draw everyone's attention with its research findings. ——Freud

28. 科学的唯一目的，在于减轻人类生存的艰辛。 ——布莱希特

28. The sole purpose of science is to alleviate the hardships of human existence. ——Brecht

29. 科学的幻想归根结底是科学和技术的大胆创造。 ——费定

29. The scientific fantasy is, in the end, a bold creation of science and technology. — Fadyn

30. 科学技术是第一生产力。 ——邓小平

30. Science and technology are the primary productive force. — Deng Xiaoping

31. 程序员，他们想的是什么？他们想的永远都是技术，他们崇尚的也永远都是技术。

31. Programmers, what do they think about? They always think about technology, and they always admire technology.

32. 我的朋友阿B，非常严肃地告诉我，他的电脑通人性，有思想，他的电脑有魂魄。

32. My friend A-B told me very seriously that his computer is sentient, has thoughts, and his computer has a soul.

33. 程序员在跟宇宙赛跑，他们在努力开发出更大更好的傻瓜程序，而宇宙则努力培养出更大更好的白痴。到目前为止，宇宙领先。

33. Programmers are racing against the universe, striving to develop bigger and better傻瓜(foolish) programs, while the universe is striving to cultivate bigger and better白痴(idiots). So far, the universe is leading.

34. 计算机总是越来越智能的。科学家告诉我们说不久它们就能跟我们对话了。

34. Computers are always getting smarter and smarter. Scientists tell us that they will be able to converse with us soon.

35. 首先学习计算机科学及理论。接着形成自己编程的风格。然后把这一切都忘掉，尽管改程序就是了。

35. First, study computer science and theory. Then, develop your own programming style. After that, forget all of it, but keep modifying the program.

36. 任何一件事情,只要是心甘情愿,总是能够变得简单

36. Any task, as long as done with a willing heart, can always be made simple.

37. 调试难度本来就是写代码的两倍。因此，如果你写代码的时候聪明用尽，根据定义，你就没有能耐去调试它了。

37. The difficulty of debugging is inherently twice that of writing code. Therefore, if you exhaust all your intelligence while writing code, by definition, you won't have the ability to debug it.