Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -- Mark Twain

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Always dive down into a problem and get your hands on the deepest issue behind the problem. All other considerations are to dismissed as "engineering details"; they can be sorted out after the basic problem has been solved. -- Chris Crawford

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead (Introduction to Mathematics)

Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means. -- Dr. Koichi Kawana

PI seconds is a nanocentury. -- [fact]

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison

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

If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. ~Kim Garst

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller