It's no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it's a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people. -- Randy S. Nelson (dean of Pixar University)

I would rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist who proves to be right. The former sometimes wins, but never the latter. -- "Hoots"

Normality is the route to nowhere. -- Ridderstrale & Nordstorm, Funky Business

Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by instinct. -- Brave New World (paraphrased)

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -- Benjamin Franklin

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison

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