I guess, when you're drunk, every woman looks beautiful and every language looks (like) a Lisp :) -- Lament, #[email protected]

The general principle for complexity design is this: Think locally, act locally. -- Richard P. Gabriel & Ron Goldman, Mob Software: The Erotic Life of Code

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter. -- Eric Raymond

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery and you create a feeling of strength in reserve. -- Pablo Picasso

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan

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