If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell

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

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

I would rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist who proves to be right. The former sometimes wins, but never the latter. -- "Hoots"

Students should be evaluated on how well they can achieve the goals they strived to achieve within a realistic context. Students need to learn to do things, not know things. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Write it properly first. It's easier to make a correct program fast, than to make a fast program correct. -- http://www.cpax.org.uk/prg/

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

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ~Bill Gates

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. ~Dale Carnegie