“You get to define the terms of your life.”

“A young man’s ambition — to get along in the world and make a place for himself — half your life goes that way, till you’re 45 or 50. Then, if you’re lucky, you make terms with life, you get released.”

“Terms don't define our lives; our lives define our terms.”

“If you haven’t the strength to impose your own terms upon life, then you must accept the terms it offers you.”

“Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for”

“Your agreement with reality defines your life.”

“It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of a specific activity or method. It must always relate to a better life for everyone.”

“… you are defined by how you live your life, not whom you live it with, and certainly not by what you gave up to be with that person.”

“Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.”

“Be thankful you are not my student. You would not get a high grade for such a design :-) [… ] Writing a new OS only for the 386 in 1991 gets you your second "F" for this term.”