Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

Have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something, half the ideas that end up in it are ones you thought of while writing it? The same thing happens with software. Working to implement one idea gives you more ideas. -- Paul Graham, The other road ahead.

Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Je crois au flooding. -- Karim BAINA (en parlant du dailogue avec les administrations)

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. –Chinese Proverb

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. –Aristotle

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank