Blaise Pascal

Man is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness from which he emerges and the infinity in which he is engulfed.

Scott Hanselman

There are a finite number of keystrokes left in your hands before you die.

E. W. Dijkstra

Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.

Samuel Johnson

A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

Kurt Vonnegut

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

The man in the shack who rules the universe.

I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More, I cannot say.

Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Elbert Hubbard

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.

Theodore Roosevelt

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Charles Bukowski

Bluebird

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say, stay in there, I'm not going
to let anybody see
you.
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I pour whiskey on him and inhale
cigarette smoke
and the whores and the bartenders
and the grocery clerks
never know that
he's
in there.

there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too tough for him,
I say,
stay down, do you want to mess
me up? 
you want to screw up the
works? 
you want to blow my book sales in
Europe? 
there's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
but I'm too clever, I only let him out
at night sometimes
when everybody's asleep.
I say, I know that you're there,
so don't be
sad.
then I put him back,
but he's singing a little
in there, I haven't quite let him
die
and we sleep together like
that
with our
secret pact
and it's nice enough to
make a man
weep, but I don't
weep, do
you? 

Kid President

Don’t Stop Believin’—Unless Your Dream is Stupid, Then Get a Better Dream.

Jules Renard

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.