The proof is by reductio ad absurdum, and reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician’s finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess gambit: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game. -- G. H. Hardy

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 follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. -- Modern zen Poem

C’s great for what it’s great for. -- Ben Hoyts (micropledge)

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. -- Mark Twain

Bonne bosse et reste le boss. -- Darryl Amedon

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

You can do anything, but not everything. ~Anonymous

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale