If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines produced but as lines spent. -- Edsger Dijkstra

In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. -- Albert Einstein

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson

A CS professor once explained recursion as follows: A child couldn't sleep, so her mother told her a story about a little frog, who couldn't sleep, so the frog's mother told her a story about a little bear, who couldn't sleep, so the bear's mother told her a story about a little weasel... who fell asleep. ...and the little bear fell asleep; ...and the little frog fell asleep; ...and the child fell asleep. -- everything2.com

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -- Lao­Tzu

There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. -- C. A. R. Hoare

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon

15.Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. –Charles Swindoll

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos