No problem should ever have to be solved twice. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. -- John Von Neumann, circa 1949

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. -- Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper

La connaissance d'un défaut ne l'enlève pas, elle nous torture jusqu'à sa correction. -- Daniel Lovewin (Guillaume Kpotufe)

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

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ~Steve Jobs

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw