A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

An interpreter raises the machine to the level of the user program; a compiler lowers the user program to the level of the machine language. -- SICP

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -- Lao­Tzu

Revolutions come from standing on the shoulders of giants and facing in a better direction. -- Alan Kay

A witty saying proves nothing -- Voltaire

A CS professor once explained recursion as follows: A child couldn't sleep, so her mother told her a story about a little frog, who couldn't sleep, so the frog's mother told her a story about a little bear, who couldn't sleep, so the bear's mother told her a story about a little weasel... who fell asleep. ...and the little bear fell asleep; ...and the little frog fell asleep; ...and the child fell asleep. -- everything2.com

No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. –Aristotle

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