Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

Pay attention to opportunity cost at all times. Doing one thing means not doing other things. This is a form of risk that is very easy to ignore, to your detriment. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hofmann

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch

There really is no learning without doing. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. ~Anonymous

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous