Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

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

Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

Never do the impossible. People will expect you to do it forever after. -- pigsandfishes.com

La tactique, c'est ce que vous faites quand il y a quelque chose à faire; la stratégie, c'est ce que vous faites quand il n'y a rien à faire. -- Xavier Tartacover

An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker

Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous