The problem is that small examples fail to convince, and large examples are too big to follow. -- Steve Yegge.

What we choose to fight is so tiny! What fights us is so great! ... When we win it's with small things, and the triumph itself makes us small. ... Winning does not tempt that man. This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively, by constantly greater beings. -- Rainer Maria Rilke, The Man Watching.

What is truth? -- Pontius Pilate

I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students. "A lot of them seem smart," he said. "What I can't tell is whether they have any kind of taste." -- Paul Graham

Simple things should be simple. Complex things should be possible. -- Alan Kay

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex, intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple, stupid behavior. -- Dee Hock, Birth of the Chaordic Age

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. –Ayn Rand

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous