[Innovation] comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. -- Steve Jobs

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. -- Larry Wall (Programming Perl)

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth

The problem is that Microsoft just has no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. -- Steve Jobs

Good artists copy. Great artists steal. -- Pablo Picasso

The best way to learn to live with our limitations is to know them. --E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. ~Colin R. Davis

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous