All creativity is an extended form of a joke. -- Alan Kay

Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon

The problem is that Microsoft just has no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. -- Steve Jobs

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson

In general, we can think of data as defined by some collection of selectors and constructors, together with specified conditions that these procedures must fulfill in order to be a valid representation. -- SICP, What is meant by data?

The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life. -- Donald Campbell

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. ~Dale Carnegie

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

Change your thoughts and you change your world. –Norman Vincent Peale

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison