The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own ignorance. -- DJ MacLean

We remember what we learn when we care about performing better and when we believe that what we have been asked to do is representative of reality. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein

The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders. -- Ralph Nader

A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

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

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon

Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier