Omit needless words. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

The choice of the university is mostly important for the piece of paper you get at the end. The education you get depends on you. -- Andreas Zwinkau

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei

Side projects are less masturbatory than reading RSS, often more useful than MobileMe, more educational than the comments on Reddit, and usually more fun than listening to keynotes. -- Chris Wanstrath

All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky. -- Joel Spolsky (The Law of Leaky Abstractions)

Only bad designers blame their failings on the users. -- unknown

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous

Teach thy tongue to say, I do not know, and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~Pablo Picasso