Acknowledging the negative doesn't mean sniveling [whining, complaining]; it means facing the truth and then moving on. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OSes is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders. -- Alanna

I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

Do not accept anything because it comes from the mouth of a respected person. -- Buddha

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. –Jesse Owens