That is one of the most distinctive differences between school and the real world: there is no reward for putting in a good effort. In fact, the whole concept of a "good effort" is a fake idea adults invented to encourage kids. It is not found in nature. -- Paul Graham

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -- Mario Andretti

The general principle for complexity design is this: Think locally, act locally. -- Richard P. Gabriel & Ron Goldman, Mob Software: The Erotic Life of Code

All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson

Two people should stay together if together they are better people than they would be individually. -- ?

Never do the impossible. People will expect you to do it forever after. -- pigsandfishes.com

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

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

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis