Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous

Simple things should be simple. Complex things should be possible. -- Alan Kay

You have to write for your audience. I would never write (1..5).map &'*2' in Java when I could write ListFactoryFactory.getListFactoryFromResource( new ResourceName('com.javax.magnitudes.integers'). setLowerBound(1).setUpperBound(5).setStep(1).applyFunctor( new Functor () { public void eval (x) { return x * 2; } })) I'm simplifying, of course, I've left out the security and logging wrappers. -- Reginald Braithwait

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

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

We really have to get over the idea that some stuff is just worth knowing even if you never do anything with it. Human memories happily erase stuff that has no purpose, so why try to fill up children's heads with such stuff? -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

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

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

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn