There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

An interpreter raises the machine to the level of the user program; a compiler lowers the user program to the level of the machine language. -- SICP

But what is it good for? -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Remember that you are humans in the first place and only after that programmers. -- Alexandru Vancea

It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. –Benjamin Franklin

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden