The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke

Ce n'est que par les relations qu'on entretient entre nos différentes connaissances qu'elles nous restent accessibles. -- Shnuup, sur l'hypertexte (SELFHTML -> Introduction -> Definitions sur l'hypertexte)

Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous

Any sufficiently advanced technology is undistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -- Mario Andretti

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen

Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. –Confucius

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln