A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

A little learning is a dangerous thing. -- Alexander Pope

[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

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein

Sometimes a man with too broad a perspective reveals himself as having no real perspective at all. A man who tries too hard to see every side may be a man who is trying to avoid choosing any side. A man who tries too hard to seek a deeper truth may be trying to hide from the truth he already knows. That is not a sign of intellectual sophistication and "great thinking". It is a demonstration of moral degeneracy and cowardice. -- Steven Den Beste

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

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

Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb

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

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