Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Martin Golding

Are you willing to wear your white belt? -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline. -- Bill Clinton

Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. –Confucius

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill