Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell

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

All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -- Ferris Bueller

We remember what we learn when we care about performing better and when we believe that what we have been asked to do is representative of reality. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

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

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail

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