Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

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

When you’ve got the code all ripped apart, it’s like a car that’s all disassembled. You’ve got all the parts tying all over your garage and you have to replace the broken part or the car will never run. It’s not fun until the code gets back to the baseline again. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means. -- Dr. Koichi Kawana

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau

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

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