Thus, programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. -- Alan J. Perlis

Photography is painting with light. -- Eric Hamilton

I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

Des mots simples, quand ils sont bien utilisés, font faire à des gens ordinaires des choses extraordinaires. -- Khaled TANGAO

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

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

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi

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It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal