Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

L’art qui satisfait le besoin le plus impérieux sera toujours le plus honoré. -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com

Il y a très loin de la velléité à la volnt, de la volonté à la résolution, de la résolution au choix des moyens, du choix ds moyens à lapplication. -- Jean-François Paul de Gondi de Retz

Revolutions come from standing on the shoulders of giants and facing in a better direction. -- Alan Kay

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser