Good artists copy. Great artists steal. -- Pablo Picasso

You can’t get to version 500 if you don’t start with a version 1. -- BetterExplained.com

You will never become a Great Programmer until you acknowledge that you will always be a Terrible Programmer. You will remain a Great Programmer for only as long as you acknowledge that you are still a Terrible Programmer. -- Marc (http://kickin-the-darkness.blogspot.com/)

An expert is, according to my working definition "someone who doesn't need to look up answers to easy questions". -- Eric Lippert.

Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

We remember what we learn when we care about performing better and when we believe that what we have been asked to do is representative of reality. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. ~Thomas Jefferson