JavaScript is the world's most misunderstood programming language.

- Douglas Crockford

JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.

- Douglas Crockford

In JavaScript, there is a beautiful, elegant, highly expressive language that is buried under a steaming pile of good intentions and blunders.

- Douglas Crockford

People who use Class will never understand all the crap they are doing.

- Douglas Crockford

Most programming languages contain good parts and bad parts. I discovered that I could be better programmer by using only the good parts and avoiding…

- Douglas Crockford

Code reuse is the Holy Grail of Software Engineering.

- Douglas Crockford

Computer programs are the most complex things that humans make.

- Douglas Crockford

Good architecture is necessary to give programs enough structure to be able to grow large without collapsing into a puddle of confusion.

- Douglas Crockford

Progress comes from finding better ways to do things. Don't be afraid of innovation. Don't be afraid of ideas that are not your own.

- Douglas Crockford