In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? -- David (Psalm 56:4)

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

While I’ve always appreciated beautiful code, I share Jonathan’s concern about studying it too much. I think studying beauty in music and painting has led us to modern classical music and painting that the majority of us just don’t get. Beauty can be seen when it emerges, but isn’t something to strive for in isolation of a larger context. In the software world, the larger context would be the utility of the software to the end user. -- [A comment on a blog]

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. -- Alan Perlis

Sometimes a man with too broad a perspective reveals himself as having no real perspective at all. A man who tries too hard to see every side may be a man who is trying to avoid choosing any side. A man who tries too hard to seek a deeper truth may be trying to hide from the truth he already knows. That is not a sign of intellectual sophistication and "great thinking". It is a demonstration of moral degeneracy and cowardice. -- Steven Den Beste

Courage is grace under pressure. -- Ernest Hemingway

When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you. ~Lolly Daskal

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

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