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

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth

The Work Begins Anew, The Hope Rises Again, And The Dream Lives On. -- Ted Kennedy

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. -- Grady Booch

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Fools! Don't they know that tears are a woman's most effective weapon? -- Catwoman (The Batman TV Series, episode 83)

14.Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain

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

Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt