All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky. -- Joel Spolsky (The Law of Leaky Abstractions)

We fail to realize that mastery is not about perfection. It's about a process, a journey. The master is the one who stays on the path day after day, year after year. The master is the one who is willing to try, and fail, and try again, for as long as he or she lives. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -- Benjamin Franklin

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. -- Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper

It's no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it's a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people. -- Randy S. Nelson (dean of Pixar University)

Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. –Vincent van Gogh