The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders. -- Ralph Nader

An interpreter raises the machine to the level of the user program; a compiler lowers the user program to the level of the machine language. -- SICP

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hofmann

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei

The venerable master Qc Na was walking with his student, Anton. Hoping to prompt the master into a discussion, Anton said "Master, I have heard that objects are a very good thing - is this true?" Qc Na looked pityingly at his student and replied, "Foolish pupil - objects are merely a poor man's closures." Chastised, Anton took his leave from his master and returned to his cell, intent on studying closures. He carefully read the entire "Lambda: The Ultimate..." series of papers and its cousins, and implemented a small Scheme interpreter with a closure-based object system. He learned much, and looked forward to informing his master of his progress. On his next walk with Qc Na, Anton attempted to impress his master by saying "Master, I have diligently studied the matter, and now understand that objects are truly a poor man's closures." Qc Na responded by hitting Anton with his stick, saying "When will you learn? Closures are a poor man's object." At that moment, Anton became enlightened. -- Anton van Straaten (Na = Norman Adams, Qa = Christian Queinnec)

Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act — if you can’t control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word. -- Nassim Taleb

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses

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

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill