The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (attributed)

What Paul does, and does very well, is to take ideas and concepts that are beautiful in the abstract, and brings them down to a real world level. That's a rare talent to find in writing these days. -- Jeff "hemos" Bates, Director, OSDN; Co-evolver, Slashdot

Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder. -- Erik Naggum

No matter how much you plan you’re likely to get half wrong anyway. So don’t do the ‘paralysis through analysis’ thing. That only slows progress and saps morale. -- 37 Signal, Getting real

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -- Earl of Chesterfield

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth

An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill