The programmer must seek both perfection of part and adequacy of collection. -- Alan J. Perlis

Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

Ils ne sont pas forts parce qu'ils sont forts. Ils sont forts parce que nous sommes faibles. -- Ragala Khalid

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous

La tactique, c'est ce que vous faites quand il y a quelque chose à faire; la stratégie, c'est ce que vous faites quand il n'y a rien à faire. -- Xavier Tartacover

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryun

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ~Steve Jobs

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley