The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -- C.S. Lewis

You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right. -- Richard Feynman

The reason to do animation is caricature. Good caricature picks out the essense of the statement and removes everything else. It's not simply about reproducing reality; It's about bumping it up. -- Brad Bird, writer and director, The Incredibles

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Resume writing is just like dating, or applying for a bank loan, in that nobody wants you if you're desperate. -- Steve Yegge.

No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley