Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

Functional programming is like describing your problem to a mathematician. Imperative programming is like giving instructions to an idiot. -- arcus, #scheme on Freenode

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

- If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change. - Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. - A prime candidate for natural deselection. -- [Ideas for flamewars]

Good artists copy. Great artists steal. -- Pablo Picasso

The wonderful and frustrating thing about understanding yourself is that nobody can do it for you. -- BetterExplained.com

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous

If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. ~Anonymous

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous