All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky. -- Joel Spolsky (The Law of Leaky Abstractions)

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense. -- E.W. Dijkstra

PI seconds is a nanocentury. -- [fact]

The problem is that small examples fail to convince, and large examples are too big to follow. -- Steve Yegge.

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

Lisp is a programmable programming language. -- John Foderaro

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. –Aristotle

It is never too late to be what you might have been. –George Eliot

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer