Quotes
Mathematics must be written into the mind, not read into it. 'No head for mathematics' nearly always means 'Will not use a pencil.'
- Arthur Latham Baker, Elements of Solid Geometry (1894), page ix
You'll never make the grade unless you are decisive: even a timely wrong decision is better than no decision. The final thing you'll need to know is: don't half heartedly wound problems - kill them dead. That's all there is to it.
- Kelly Johnson
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a
new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic
waiting somewhere behind the morning.
- J. B. Priestley
If you aren't getting rejected on a daily basis, your goals aren't ambitious enough
- Chris Dixon
You can probably take it as a rule of thumb from now on that if people don't think you're weird, you're living badly.
- Paul Graham
Those who can, do. Those who can't, complain
- Linus Torvalds.
I'd rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate.
- George Burns
"Epigrams in Programming", by Alan J. Perlis