Only bad designers blame their failings on the users. -- unknown

The direct pursuit of happiness is a recipe for an unhappy life. -- Donald Campbell

That is the inevitable human response. We’re reluctant to believe that great discoveries are in the air. We want to believe that great discoveries are in our heads—and to each party in the multiple the presence of the other party is invariably cause for suspicion. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

We remember what we learn when we care about performing better and when we believe that what we have been asked to do is representative of reality. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Any code of your own that you haven’t looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else. -- Eagleson’s Law

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. –Michael Jordan

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

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney