The reason to do animation is caricature. Good caricature picks out the essense of the statement and removes everything else. It's not simply about reproducing reality; It's about bumping it up. -- Brad Bird, writer and director, The Incredibles
Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)
Getting back to failing early, I've learned it's important to completely fail. Get fired. Shoot the project, then burn its corpse. Melt the CVS repository and microwave the backup CDs. When things go wrong, I've often tried to play the hero from start to finish. Guess what? Some projects are doomed no matter what. Some need skills I don't possess. And some need a fresh face. -- Reginald Braithwaite
Il y a très loin de la velléité à la volnt, de la volonté à la résolution, de la résolution au choix des moyens, du choix ds moyens à lapplication. -- Jean-François Paul de Gondi de Retz
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (attributed)
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
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw
Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. ~Wayne Dyer