This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer
Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon
He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. -- Matthew 5:45
You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. -- Dr. Seuss
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 programmer must seek both perfection of part and adequacy of collection. -- Alan J. Perlis
Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy. ~Anonymous
If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. ~Anonymous
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone