640K ought to be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates, 1981

Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. -- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

A CS professor once explained recursion as follows: A child couldn't sleep, so her mother told her a story about a little frog, who couldn't sleep, so the frog's mother told her a story about a little bear, who couldn't sleep, so the bear's mother told her a story about a little weasel... who fell asleep. ...and the little bear fell asleep; ...and the little frog fell asleep; ...and the child fell asleep. -- everything2.com

Heureux l'étudiant qui comme la Rivière peut suivre son cours sans quitter son lit... -- Sebastien, sur commentcamarche.net

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

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

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

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote