The choice of the university is mostly important for the piece of paper you get at the end. The education you get depends on you. -- Andreas Zwinkau

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. -- Seneca

Pay attention to opportunity cost at all times. Doing one thing means not doing other things. This is a form of risk that is very easy to ignore, to your detriment. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. -- George Burns

All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson

It's like a condom; I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. -- some chick in Alien vs. Predator, when asked why she always carries a gun

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher

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

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan

An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates