I think there’s a world market for about 5 computers. -- Thomas J. Watson, Chairman of the Board, IBM, circa 1948

It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. -- Brian Kernigan

The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit. -- Anonymous

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. -- John Lennon

A hacker on a roll may be able to produce–in a period of a few months–something that a small development group (say, 7-8 people) would have a hard time getting together over a year. IBM used to report that certain programmers might be as much as 100 times as productive as other workers, or more. -- Peter Seebach

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart