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

Bonne bosse et reste le boss. -- Darryl Amedon

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. -- Edsger Dijkstra

A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

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

Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act — if you can’t control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word. -- Nassim Taleb

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon