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

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein

Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot. -- Eric S. Raymond

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

But what is it good for? -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs

No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous