I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

That is the inevitable human response. We’re reluctant to believe that great discoveries are in the air. We want to believe that great discoveries are in our heads—and to each party in the multiple the presence of the other party is invariably cause for suspicion. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students. "A lot of them seem smart," he said. "What I can't tell is whether they have any kind of taste." -- Paul Graham

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous

Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming. -- Donald Knuth

Bonne bosse et reste le boss. -- Darryl Amedon

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. –Abigail Van Buren