Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

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/)

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough. -- Alan Kay

It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students that have had prior exposure to BASIC. As potential programmers, they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. -- E. W. Dijkstra

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -- Mark Twain

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

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

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal

If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got. ~Anonymous