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

All great things require great dedication. -- Chuck Norris(?)

640K ought to be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates, 1981

For complex systems, the compiler and development environment need to be in the same language that its supporting. It's the only way to grow code. -- Alan Kay

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

C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. -- Scott McKay

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. ~Proverb

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem. ~Anonymous

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost