A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

So - what are the most important problems in software engineering? I’d answer “dealing with complexity”. -- Mark Chu-Carroll

While I’ve always appreciated beautiful code, I share Jonathan’s concern about studying it too much. I think studying beauty in music and painting has led us to modern classical music and painting that the majority of us just don’t get. Beauty can be seen when it emerges, but isn’t something to strive for in isolation of a larger context. In the software world, the larger context would be the utility of the software to the end user. -- [A comment on a blog]

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization. -- Keith Devens

Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programmi ng)

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. -- Colin Powell

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis

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