There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.
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
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)
Being a programmer is the same way. The only way to be a good programmer is to write code. When you realize you haven't been writing much code lately, and it seems like all you do is brag about code you wrote in the past, and people start looking at you funny while you're shooting your mouth off, realize it's because they know. They might not even know they know, but they know. So, yes, doing what you love brings success, and by all means, throw yourself a nice big party, buy yourself a nice car, soak up the adulation of an adoring crowd. Then shut the fuck up and get back to work. -- Sincerity Theory
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -- Goethe
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
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. –Chinese Proverb
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. ~Thomas Jefferson