Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. (I have made this letter so long only because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.) -- Blaise Pascal (Lettres Provinciales)

Do not accept anything because it comes from the mouth of a respected person. -- Buddha

Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"

We will never become a truly paper-less society until the Palm Pilot folks come out with WipeMe 1.0. -- Andy Pierson

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. -- Thomas Edison

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.

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. ~Michael John Bobak