There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

In general, we can think of data as defined by some collection of selectors and constructors, together with specified conditions that these procedures must fulfill in order to be a valid representation. -- SICP, What is meant by data?

I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

In order to understand what another person is saying, you must assume that it is true and try to find out what it could be true of. -- George Miller

The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life. -- Donald Campbell

Simple things should be simple. Complex things should be possible. -- Alan Kay

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

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

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~Bruce Lee