Sometimes a man with too broad a perspective reveals himself as having no real perspective at all. A man who tries too hard to see every side may be a man who is trying to avoid choosing any side. A man who tries too hard to seek a deeper truth may be trying to hide from the truth he already knows. That is not a sign of intellectual sophistication and "great thinking". It is a demonstration of moral degeneracy and cowardice. -- Steven Den Beste

All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky. -- Joel Spolsky (The Law of Leaky Abstractions)

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

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hofmann

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. -- George Burns

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. -- Greek philosopher Epicurus

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn