Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are rare, much rarer than you think... -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Black Swan".

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

Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act — if you can’t control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word. -- Nassim Taleb

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. -- Brian Kernigan

Training research shows that if you get speed now you can get quality later. But if you don't get speed you will never get quality in the long run. -- Philip Greenspun

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

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

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. –Benjamin Franklin