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

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

Omit needless words. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. -- Albert Einstein

Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. –Teddy Roosevelt

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou