Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot. If you compete with slaves you become a slave. -- Paul Graham and Norbert Weiner, respectively

In general, we can think of data as defined by some collection of selectors and constructors, together with specified conditions that these procedures must fulfill in order to be a valid representation. -- SICP, What is meant by data?

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. -- author unknown (quoted in `Robust Systems', Gerald Jay Suseman)

J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. -- Anatole France

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Martin Golding

The reason to do animation is caricature. Good caricature picks out the essense of the statement and removes everything else. It's not simply about reproducing reality; It's about bumping it up. -- Brad Bird, writer and director, The Incredibles

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost

Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem. ~Anonymous