[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).

If something isn’t working, you need to look back and figure out what got you excited in the first place. -- David Gorman (ImThere.com)

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. -- Mary Ellen Kelly

It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

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

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. –Zig Ziglar

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

The mind is everything. What you think you become. –Buddha