Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. -- Brian Kernigan

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison

Normality is the route to nowhere. -- Ridderstrale & Nordstorm, Funky Business

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

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

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

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. –Aristotle

If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. ~Kim Garst

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. –Chinese Proverb

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ~Ralph Nader