Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899

Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth

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

Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. ~Colin R. Davis