The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. -- John Lennon

The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life. -- Donald Campbell

Show, don't tell. -- unknown

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- Donald Knuth

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden