The proof is by reductio ad absurdum, and reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician’s finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess gambit: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game. -- G. H. Hardy

Simplicity and pragmatism beat complexity and theory any day. -- Dennis (blog comment)

Have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something, half the ideas that end up in it are ones you thought of while writing it? The same thing happens with software. Working to implement one idea gives you more ideas. -- Paul Graham, The other road ahead.

You will never become a Great Programmer until you acknowledge that you will always be a Terrible Programmer. You will remain a Great Programmer for only as long as you acknowledge that you are still a Terrible Programmer. -- Marc (http://kickin-the-darkness.blogspot.com/)

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter. -- Eric Raymond

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

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

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

You can do anything, but not everything. ~Anonymous

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso