The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. -- Grady Booch

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. -- author unknown (quoted in `Robust Systems', Gerald Jay Suseman)

A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure. -- Hugh Kingsmill

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

Dont give users the opportunity to lock themselves. -- unknown

The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey

Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim Rohn