- If you give him a penny for his thoughts, you'd get change. - Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. - A prime candidate for natural deselection. -- [Ideas for flamewars]

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hofmann

I think there’s a world market for about 5 computers. -- Thomas J. Watson, Chairman of the Board, IBM, circa 1948

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.

First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack. -- George Carrette

That is one of the most distinctive differences between school and the real world: there is no reward for putting in a good effort. In fact, the whole concept of a "good effort" is a fake idea adults invented to encourage kids. It is not found in nature. -- Paul Graham

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. –Aristotle

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln