A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longuer anything to add, but when there is no longuer anything to take away. -- Antoine de St Exupery.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Cited by Randy Pausch

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense. -- E.W. Dijkstra

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- Donald Knuth

Work as intensely as you play and play as intensely as you work. -- Eric S. Raymond, How To Be A Hacker

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak. -- J. B. Bossuet, Politics from Holy Writ, 1709

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka