Sound methodology can empower and liberate the creative mind; it cannot inflame or inspire the drudge. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

Photography is painting with light. -- Eric Hamilton

Only make new mistakes. -- Phil Dourado

C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. -- Scott McKay

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

[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. –Jamie Paolinetti

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all. ~Dale Carnegie

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous