It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. -- John Von Neumann, circa 1949

Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot. -- Eric S. Raymond

C++ is like teenage sex: Everybody is talking about it all the time, only few are really doing it. -- unknown

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

Give up control. You never really had it anyway. -- How to fail: 25 secrets learned through failure

You can have premature generalization as well as premature optimization. -- Bjarne Stroustrup

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. –George Addair

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. –Chinese Proverb

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

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. –Jamie Paolinetti