No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. -- Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper

Windows NT addresses 2 Gigabytes of RAM, which is more than any application will ever need. -- Microsoft, on the development of Windows NT, 1992

Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

Any fool can make the simple complex, only a smart person can make the complex simple. -- unknown

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer

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

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein