First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack. -- George Carrette

If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying. -- Bruce Lee

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. -- Mary Ellen Kelly

Measure everything you can about the product, and you'll start seeing patterns. -- Max Levchin, PayPal founder, Talk at StartupSchool2007

Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb