Functional programming is to algorithms as the ubiquitous little black dress is to women's fashion. -- Mark Tarver (of "The bipolar Lisp programmer" fame)

No problem should ever have to be solved twice. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: "I did not have time." -- WestHost weekly newsletter 14 Feb 2003

Measure everything you can about the product, and you'll start seeing patterns. -- Max Levchin, PayPal founder, Talk at StartupSchool2007

The lesson of the story might appear to be that self-interested and ambitious people in power are often the cause of wastefulness in developing countries. But self-interested and ambitious people are in positions of power, great and small, all over the world. In many places, they are restrained by the law, the press, and democratic opposition. Cameroon's tragedy is that there is nothing to hold self-interest in check. -- Tim Harford

Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

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

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. ~Jim Rohn

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam