Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous

This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

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)

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. -- John Lennon

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~Bruce Feirstein

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. –Bob Dylan

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous