"Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming."

- Donald Knuth

"The public should always be wondering how it is possible to give so much for the money."

- Henry Ford

"Get the important things right."

- N. P. Calderwood

"Focusing is about saying no."

- Steve Jobs

"Anybody who cares less about wanting to be cool, I think, is more interesting."

- Aimee Mann

"When the enemy is making a false movement we must take good care not to interrupt him."

- Napoleon

"Don't fear moving slowly. Fear standing still."

- Chinese proverb

"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field."

- Niels Bohr

"I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time."

- Charlie Munger

"Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money."

- Nat Friedman