But what is it good for? -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968

I guess, when you're drunk, every woman looks beautiful and every language looks (like) a Lisp :) -- Lament, #[email protected]

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure. -- Hugh Kingsmill

There is one meaning [for static in C]: a global variable that is invisible outside the current scope, be it a function or a file. -- Paolo Bonzini

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato

Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear. –George Addair

Knowledge is being aware of what you can do. Wisdom is knowing when not to do it. ~Anonymous