Why teach drawing to accountants? Because drawing class doesn't just teach people to draw. It teaches them to be more observant. There's no company on earth that wouldn't benefit from having people become more observant. -- Randy S. Nelson (dean of Pixar University)

I would rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist who proves to be right. The former sometimes wins, but never the latter. -- "Hoots"

Simple things should be simple. Complex things should be possible. -- Alan Kay

The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own ignorance. -- DJ MacLean

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

The best way to learn to live with our limitations is to know them. --E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

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Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. –Ralph Waldo Emerson

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