Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. -- Greek philosopher Epicurus

We will never become a truly paper-less society until the Palm Pilot folks come out with WipeMe 1.0. -- Andy Pierson

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

In general, we can think of data as defined by some collection of selectors and constructors, together with specified conditions that these procedures must fulfill in order to be a valid representation. -- SICP, What is meant by data?

Functional programming is like describing your problem to a mathematician. Imperative programming is like giving instructions to an idiot. -- arcus, #scheme on Freenode

No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah

You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. –Unknown