More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

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

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth

Any sufficiently advanced technology is undistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead (Introduction to Mathematics)

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ~Herman Melville

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. –Booker T. Washington

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France