That is the inevitable human response. We’re reluctant to believe that great discoveries are in the air. We want to believe that great discoveries are in our heads—and to each party in the multiple the presence of the other party is invariably cause for suspicion. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook

Have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something, half the ideas that end up in it are ones you thought of while writing it? The same thing happens with software. Working to implement one idea gives you more ideas. -- Paul Graham, The other road ahead.

Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by instinct. -- Brave New World (paraphrased)

The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders. -- Ralph Nader

Humans aren't rational -- they rationalize. And I don't just mean "some of them" or "other people". I'm talking about everyone. We have a "logic engine" in our brains, but for the most part, it's not the one in the driver's seat -- instead it operates after the fact, generating rationalizations and excuses for our behavior. -- Paul Buchheit

Teach thy tongue to say, I do not know, and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray