It's like a condom; I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. -- some chick in Alien vs. Predator, when asked why she always carries a gun

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. -- Seneca

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. -- John Von Neumann, circa 1949

Simplicity takes effort-- genius, even. -- Paul Graham

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~Jim Rohn

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. –Aristotle