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

I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students. "A lot of them seem smart," he said. "What I can't tell is whether they have any kind of taste." -- Paul Graham

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC. As potential programmers, they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. -- E. W. Dijkstra

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

:nunmap can also be used outside of a monastery. -- Vim user manual

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison

Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim Rohn

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde