Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it ain't fun -- it's entertainment. -- David Mamet (as relayed by Joss Whedon)

What Paul does, and does very well, is to take ideas and concepts that are beautiful in the abstract, and brings them down to a real world level. That's a rare talent to find in writing these days. -- Jeff "hemos" Bates, Director, OSDN; Co-evolver, Slashdot

An expert is, according to my working definition "someone who doesn't need to look up answers to easy questions". -- Eric Lippert.

[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

The trouble with the world is that the stupid are always cocksure and the intelligent are always filled with doubt. -- Bertrand Russell

Students should be evaluated on how well they can achieve the goals they strived to achieve within a realistic context. Students need to learn to do things, not know things. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous

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

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden