Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

All great things require great dedication. -- Chuck Norris(?)

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

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. -- Official definition of "duck typing"

Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying. -- Bruce Lee

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale

Fall seven times and stand up eight. –Japanese Proverb