C’s great for what it’s great for. -- Ben Hoyts (micropledge)

There really is no learning without doing. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Show, don't tell. -- unknown

Write it properly first. It's easier to make a correct program fast, than to make a fast program correct. -- http://www.cpax.org.uk/prg/

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. ~Albert Einstein

If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck