Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter. -- Eric Raymond

Within a computer natural language is unnatural. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming. -- Donald Knuth

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch

What do Americans look for in a car? I've heard many answers when I've asked this question. The answers include excellent safety ratings, great gas mileage, handling, and cornering ability, among others. I don't believe any of these. That's because the first principle of the Culture Code is that the only effective way to understand what people truly mean is to ignore what they say. This is not to suggest that people intentionally lie or misrepresent themselves. What it means is that, when asked direct questions about their interests and preferences, people tend to give answers they believe the questioner wants to hear. Again, this is not because they intend to mislead. It is because people respond to these questions with their cortexes, the parts of their brains that control intelligence rather than emotion or instinct. They ponder a question, they process a question, and when they deliver an answer, it is the product of deliberation. They believe they are telling the truth. A lie detector would confirm this. In most cases, however, they aren't saying what they mean. -- The culture code.

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

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ~Herman Melville

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser