The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell

It’s hard to grasp abstractions if you don’t understand what they’re abstracting away from. -- Nathan Weizenbaum

Students should be evaluated on how well they can achieve the goals they strived to achieve within a realistic context. Students need to learn to do things, not know things. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex, intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple, stupid behavior. -- Dee Hock, Birth of the Chaordic Age

No matter how much you plan you’re likely to get half wrong anyway. So don’t do the ‘paralysis through analysis’ thing. That only slows progress and saps morale. -- 37 Signal, Getting real

Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it ain't fun -- it's entertainment. -- David Mamet (as relayed by Joss Whedon)

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear. –Rosa Parks

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt