C’s great for what it’s great for. -- Ben Hoyts (micropledge)

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Write it properly first. It's easier to make a correct program fast, than to make a fast program correct. -- http://www.cpax.org.uk/prg/

So - what are the most important problems in software engineering? I’d answer “dealing with complexity”. -- Mark Chu-Carroll

Je ne vous impose aucune contrainte, aucune limite. Surprenez-moi, étonnez-moi, défiez-moi, défiez-vous vous-même. Vous avez le choix: vous pouvez rester dans l'ombre ou en sortir en étant parmis les trop rares exceptions à avoir réussi. L'heure est venue d'aller bien au delà de votre potentiel. L'heure est venue maintenant de descendre vraiment en vous. L'heure est venue de démontrer pourquoi vous êtes l'élite, les quelques élus, les rares lueurs qui offrent à cette compagnie son caractère exceptionnel, sa luminescence. -- Le PDG de NURV, dans "Anti-trust".

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. –Ayn Rand

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe