In OO, it's the data that is the "important" thing: you define the class which contains member data, and only incidentally contains code for manipulating the object. In FP, it's the code that's important: you define a function which contains code for working with the data, and only incidentally define what the data is. -- almkgor, on reddit

It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- WikiHow

Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -- Bill Gates

Lisp is a programmable programming language. -- John Foderaro

And if you go too far up, abstraction-wise, you run out of oxygen. Sometimes smart thinkers just don't know when to stop, and they create these absurd, all-encompassing, high-level pictures of the universe that are all good and fine, but don't actually mean anything at all. -- Joel Spolsky

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous