As builders and creators finding the perfect solution should not be our main goal. We should find the perfect problem. -- Isaac (blog comment)

Within a computer natural language is unnatural. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Processors don't get better so that they can have more free time. Processors get better so _you_ can have more free time. -- LeCamarade (freeshells.ch)

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery and you create a feeling of strength in reserve. -- Pablo Picasso

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. -- Mary Ellen Kelly

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

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

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley