That is one of the most distinctive differences between school and the real world: there is no reward for putting in a good effort. In fact, the whole concept of a "good effort" is a fake idea adults invented to encourage kids. It is not found in nature. -- Paul Graham

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

I think there’s a world market for about 5 computers. -- Thomas J. Watson, Chairman of the Board, IBM, circa 1948

I think the root of your mistake is saying that macros don't scale to larger groups. The real truth is that macros don't scale to stupider groups. -- Paul Graham, on the Lightweight Languages mailing list.

Two people should stay together if together they are better people than they would be individually. -- ?

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale

Do one thing every day that scares you. ~Anonymous

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw