That is the inevitable human response. We’re reluctant to believe that great discoveries are in the air. We want to believe that great discoveries are in our heads—and to each party in the multiple the presence of the other party is invariably cause for suspicion. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay

For complex systems, the compiler and development environment need to be in the same language that its supporting. It's the only way to grow code. -- Alan Kay

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. –Confucius

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford