I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

Sometimes a man with too broad a perspective reveals himself as having no real perspective at all. A man who tries too hard to see every side may be a man who is trying to avoid choosing any side. A man who tries too hard to seek a deeper truth may be trying to hide from the truth he already knows. That is not a sign of intellectual sophistication and "great thinking". It is a demonstration of moral degeneracy and cowardice. -- Steven Den Beste

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines produced but as lines spent. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Functional programming is to algorithms as the ubiquitous little black dress is to women's fashion. -- Mark Tarver (of "The bipolar Lisp programmer" fame)

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. -- Grady Booch

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

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos

Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument. ~Anonymous

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. –Gloria Steinem