The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak. -- J. B. Bossuet, Politics from Holy Writ, 1709
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
The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life. -- Donald Campbell
The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. -- Elie Wiesel
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -- Bill Gates
Functional programming is like describing your problem to a mathematician. Imperative programming is like giving instructions to an idiot. -- arcus, #scheme on Freenode
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absense of fear. ~Mark Twain
A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis
The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. –Jesse Owens