A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure. -- Hugh Kingsmill

The proof is by reductio ad absurdum, and reductio ad absurdum, which Euclid loved so much, is one of a mathematician’s finest weapons. It is a far finer gambit than any chess gambit: a chess player may offer the sacrifice of a pawn or even a piece, but a mathematician offers the game. -- G. H. Hardy

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OSes is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders. -- Alanna

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out. -- Donald Norman

The programmer must seek both perfection of part and adequacy of collection. -- Alan J. Perlis

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan