The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

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

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

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability. -- Randall E. Stross

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline. -- Bill Clinton

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. ~Robert Kiyosaki

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. –Zig Ziglar

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain