To iterate is human, to recurse divine. -- L. Peter Deutsch

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. -- Aristotle.

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein

No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side. If you keep waiting, it will comme up. -- Randy Pausch

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser

Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy. ~Anonymous

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford