C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. -- Scott McKay

A witty saying proves nothing -- Voltaire

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. -- author unknown (quoted in `Robust Systems', Gerald Jay Suseman)

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -- Ferris Bueller

1 - Creativity and innovation always build on the past. 2 - The past always tries to control the creativity that builds on it. 3 - Free societies enable the future by limiting the past. 4 - Ours is less and less a free society. -- Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -- Benjamin Franklin

You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. –Unknown

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. ~Anonymous

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie