General

Ashe from FFXII

I am simply myself. No more and no less.

Bill Watterson

I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed. - Calvin & Hobbes :framed_picture:

Inspirational

Myself

I Can Do What I Want :sparkling_heart:

I can be a software developer advocate and a language master without a fancy new title. - 2021

What you do may not be felt for weeks, months, or even years. But it will be felt, by someone, whether they realize it right now. - 2018

Taylor Swift

We live in a world where anyone has the right to say anything that they want about you at anytime, but just please remember: you have the right to prove them wrong. - Brit Awards 2021 :movie_camera:

No matter what you’ve gone through that makes you wish you hadn’t said that or wish you hadn’t done that, just give yourself a break. Please, for me, take it easy on yourself. It’s hard enough to live with what other people have to say. Please let the voices in your head be nice to you.

Goofs

AJ Mendez Brooks

If you’re feeling lonely around the holidays, please consider me your drunk uncle who ruins dinner and falls asleep on the couch with his hand down his pants, I mean if it helps. - October 2017 Highlights :newspaper:

LEGO Joseph Smith

Nobody talks about Jesus’ miracle of having 12 close friends in his 30s. - Tweet in 2018 :bird:

Programming

Alan “AJ” Perlis

A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. - Epigrams on Programming :page_facing_up:

Sandi Metz

Being happy to be here doesn’t mean that we’re actually happy. - You Are Insufficiently Persuasive (2019) :movie_camera:

Katrina Owen

Lucky people introduce variety into their life. Unlucky people are too focused on looking for something else. - Incognito Mentorship (2017) :movie_camera:

Kent Beck

You’re creating a vocabulary, not writing a program. Be a poet for a moment. - On naming classes

Life

Mark Twain

The secret of getting ahead, is getting started.