Only bad designers blame their failings on the users. -- unknown

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

Work as intensely as you play and play as intensely as you work. -- Eric S. Raymond, How To Be A Hacker

Hire people smarter than you. Work with people smarter than you. Listen to them. Let them lead you. Take the blame for all failures, give away the credit for all successes. -- How to fail: 25 secrets learned through failure

Linux is only free if your time has no value. -- Jamie Zawinski

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills