It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

It's like a condom; I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. -- some chick in Alien vs. Predator, when asked why she always carries a gun

Good ideas are out there for anyone with the wit and the will to find them. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization. -- Keith Devens

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill