It is said that the real winner is the one who lives in today but able to see tomorrow. -- Juan Meng, Reviewing "The future of ideas" by Lawrence Lessig
No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side. If you keep waiting, it will comme up. -- Randy Pausch
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. -- Larry Wall (Programming Perl)
This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer
We really have to get over the idea that some stuff is just worth knowing even if you never do anything with it. Human memories happily erase stuff that has no purpose, so why try to fill up children's heads with such stuff? -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education
J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. -- Anatole France
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France
Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving
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