Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

I think it is wise, and only honest, to warn you that my goal is immodest. It is not my purpose to "transfer knowledge" to you that, subsequently, you can forget again. My purpose is no less than to effectuate in each of you a noticeable, irreversable change. I want you to gain, for the rest of your lives, the insight that beautiful proofs are not "found" by trial anf error but are the result of a consciously applied design discipline. I want you to raise your quality standards. I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me. -- E. W. Dijkstra

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline. -- Bill Clinton

Lisp programmers know the value of everything but the cost of nothing. -- Alan J. Perlis

All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson

Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. –Jesse Owens

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine