The wonderful and frustrating thing about understanding yourself is that nobody can do it for you. -- BetterExplained.com
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
[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).
If something isn’t working, you need to look back and figure out what got you excited in the first place. -- David Gorman (ImThere.com)
An expert is, according to my working definition "someone who doesn't need to look up answers to easy questions". -- Eric Lippert.
Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.
To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi
Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein