The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein

Lisp programmers know the value of everything but the cost of nothing. -- Alan J. Perlis

Pay attention to opportunity cost at all times. Doing one thing means not doing other things. This is a form of risk that is very easy to ignore, to your detriment. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Be the change you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi

I think it is wise, and only honest, to warn you that my goal is immodest. It is not my purpose to "transfer knowledge" to you that, subsequently, you can forget again. My purpose is no less than to effectuate in each of you a noticeable, irreversable change. I want you to gain, for the rest of your lives, the insight that beautiful proofs are not "found" by trial anf error but are the result of a consciously applied design discipline. I want you to raise your quality standards. I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me. -- E. W. Dijkstra

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. –Abigail Van Buren

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.