Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. -- George Burns

Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming. -- Donald Knuth

Actually, the essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Photography is painting with light. -- Eric Hamilton

It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- WikiHow

This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ~Diane Ackerman

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon