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

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as *lines produced* but as *lines spent*. -- Edsger Dijkstra

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

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)

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. -- John Von Neumann, circa 1949

Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. –Gloria Steinem

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell