The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don’t have it. (George Bernard Shaw)

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. (Emile Zola)

He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death. (H. H. Munro (Saki))

If a man does his best, what else is there? (General George S. Patton)

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. (Bjarne Stroustrup)