[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means. -- Dr. Koichi Kawana

Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com

We tend to seek easy, single-factor explanations of success. For most important things, though, success actually requires avoiding many separate causes of failure. -- Jared Diamond

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -- Mark Twain

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

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein

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

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney