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

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack. -- George Carrette

Training research shows that if you get speed now you can get quality later. But if you don't get speed you will never get quality in the long run. -- Philip Greenspun

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

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability. -- Randall E. Stross

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt

You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. –Unknown

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. –Vincent van Gogh