An expert is, according to my working definition "someone who doesn't need to look up answers to easy questions". -- Eric Lippert.

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?

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. -- Frank Lloyd Wright

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- Donald Knuth

Give up control. You never really had it anyway. -- How to fail: 25 secrets learned through failure

The choice of the university is mostly important for the piece of paper you get at the end. The education you get depends on you. -- Andreas Zwinkau

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~Pablo Picasso

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

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryun