I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein

Just like carpentry, measure twice cut once. -- Super-sizing YouTube with Python (Mike Solomon, [email protected])

New eyes have X-ray vision. [someone that hasn't written it is more likely to spot the bug. "someone" can be you after a break] -- William S. Annis

Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. -- Greek philosopher Epicurus

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. –Jesse Owens

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins