More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- Donald Knuth

It(mastering)’s knowing what you are doing. -- Joesgoals.com

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?)')

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

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser

Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it. ~Anonymous