I think it is wise, and only honest, to warn you that my goal is immodest. It is not my purpose to "transfer knowledge" to you that, subsequently, you can forget again. My purpose is no less than to effectuate in each of you a noticeable, irreversable change. I want you to gain, for the rest of your lives, the insight that beautiful proofs are not "found" by trial anf error but are the result of a consciously applied design discipline. I want you to raise your quality standards. I mean, if 10 years from now, when you are doing something quick and dirty, you suddenly visualize that I am looking over your shoulders and say to yourself "Dijkstra would not have liked this", well, that would be enough immortality for me. -- E. W. Dijkstra
Any sufficiently advanced technology is undistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke
There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.
The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson
Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford
You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs
Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. –Gloria Steinem