A witty saying proves nothing -- Voltaire

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

Within a computer natural language is unnatural. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

You think you know when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

[Innovation] comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. -- Steve Jobs

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

Teach thy tongue to say, I do not know, and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. ~Albert Einstein