Within a computer natural language is unnatural. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

Il y a très loin de la velléité à la volnt, de la volonté à la résolution, de la résolution au choix des moyens, du choix ds moyens à lapplication. -- Jean-François Paul de Gondi de Retz

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization. -- Keith Devens

And if you go too far up, abstraction-wise, you run out of oxygen. Sometimes smart thinkers just don't know when to stop, and they create these absurd, all-encompassing, high-level pictures of the universe that are all good and fine, but don't actually mean anything at all. -- Joel Spolsky

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. –Zig Ziglar

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. ~Robert Kiyosaki

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France