I guess, when you're drunk, every woman looks beautiful and every language looks (like) a Lisp :) -- Lament, #[email protected]

But what is it good for? -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968

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

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Are you willing to wear your white belt? -- George Leonard, Mastery.

J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. -- Anatole France

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer

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