All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson

Its a shame that the students of our generation grew up with windows and mice because that tainted our mindset not to think in terms of powerful tools. Some of us are just so tainted that we will never recover. -- Jeffrey Mark Siskind in comp.lang.lisp

Ce n'est que par les relations qu'on entretient entre nos différentes connaissances qu'elles nous restent accessibles. -- Shnuup, sur l'hypertexte (SELFHTML -> Introduction -> Definitions sur l'hypertexte)

You can have premature generalization as well as premature optimization. -- Bjarne Stroustrup

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

Any fool can make the simple complex, only a smart person can make the complex simple. -- unknown

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. –Confucius

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie