Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

It's like a condom; I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. -- some chick in Alien vs. Predator, when asked why she always carries a gun

Simplicity and pragmatism beat complexity and theory any day. -- Dennis (blog comment)

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out. -- Donald Norman

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -- Bill Gates

It is said that the real winner is the one who lives in today but able to see tomorrow. -- Juan Meng, Reviewing "The future of ideas" by Lawrence Lessig

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving