Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead (Introduction to Mathematics)

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein

For complex systems, the compiler and development environment need to be in the same language that its supporting. It's the only way to grow code. -- Alan Kay

Good ideas are out there for anyone with the wit and the will to find them. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

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 raise your voice, improve your argument. ~Anonymous

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon