Lisp programmers know the value of everything but the cost of nothing. -- Alan J. Perlis

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. -- Mark Twain

Hire people smarter than you. Work with people smarter than you. Listen to them. Let them lead you. Take the blame for all failures, give away the credit for all successes. -- How to fail: 25 secrets learned through failure

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

Only make new mistakes. -- Phil Dourado

The choice of the university is mostly important for the piece of paper you get at the end. The education you get depends on you. -- Andreas Zwinkau

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. –Leonardo da Vinci