Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. -- Brian Kernigan

Abstraction is a form of data compression: absolutely necessary, because human short-term memory is so small, but the critically important aspect of abstraction is the algorithm that gets you from the name back to the "uncompressed" details. -- Bruce Wilder (blog post comment)

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -- Ferris Bueller

All great things require great dedication. -- Chuck Norris(?)

[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Good coders code, great reuse. -- http://www.catonmat.net

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley

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

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden