Good ideas are out there for anyone with the wit and the will to find them. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

All great things require great dedication. -- Chuck Norris(?)

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

I think it is wise, and only honest, to warn you that my goal is immodest. It is not my purpose to "transfer knowledge" to you that, subsequently, you can forget again. My purpose is no less than to effectuate in each of you a noticeable, irreversable change. I want you to gain, for the rest of your lives, the insight that beautiful proofs are not "found" by trial anf error but are the result of a consciously applied design discipline. I want you to raise your quality standards. I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me. -- E. W. Dijkstra

In order to understand what another person is saying, you must assume that it is true and try to find out what it could be true of. -- George Miller

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out. -- Donald Norman

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

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

Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy. ~Anonymous

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart