The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous

I feel it is everybodies obligation to reach for the best in themselves and use that for the interest of mankind. -- Corneluis (comment on 'Are you going to change the world? (Really?)')

While I’ve always appreciated beautiful code, I share Jonathan’s concern about studying it too much. I think studying beauty in music and painting has led us to modern classical music and painting that the majority of us just don’t get. Beauty can be seen when it emerges, but isn’t something to strive for in isolation of a larger context. In the software world, the larger context would be the utility of the software to the end user. -- [A comment on a blog]

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. -- Anatole France

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

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

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. –Confucius

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain

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