Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are rare, much rarer than you think... -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Black Swan".

So - what are the most important problems in software engineering? I’d answer “dealing with complexity”. -- Mark Chu-Carroll

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

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

Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

The Work Begins Anew, The Hope Rises Again, And The Dream Lives On. -- Ted Kennedy

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

Change your thoughts and you change your world. –Norman Vincent Peale

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. –Abigail Van Buren