Ce n'est que par les relations qu'on entretient entre nos différentes connaissances qu'elles nous restent accessibles. -- Shnuup, sur l'hypertexte (SELFHTML -> Introduction -> Definitions sur l'hypertexte)

[Innovation] comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. -- Steve Jobs

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -- Winston Churchill

Thus, programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. -- Alan J. Perlis

That is the inevitable human response. We’re reluctant to believe that great discoveries are in the air. We want to believe that great discoveries are in our heads—and to each party in the multiple the presence of the other party is invariably cause for suspicion. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders. -- Ralph Nader

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. –Confucius

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote

If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough. ~Albert Einstein