Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -- Earl of Chesterfield

There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. -- C. A. R. Hoare

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'm always happy to trade performance for readability as long as the former isn't already scarce. -- Crayz (Commentor on blog.raganwald.com)

Actually, the essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -- Mark Twain

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein

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

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous