Sometimes a man with too broad a perspective reveals himself as having no real perspective at all. A man who tries too hard to see every side may be a man who is trying to avoid choosing any side. A man who tries too hard to seek a deeper truth may be trying to hide from the truth he already knows. That is not a sign of intellectual sophistication and "great thinking". It is a demonstration of moral degeneracy and cowardice. -- Steven Den Beste

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out. -- Donald Norman

The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein

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

To do something well you have to love it. So to the extent you can preserve hacking as something you love, you're likely to do it well. Try to keep the sense of wonder you had about programming at age 14. If you're worried that your current job is rotting your brain, it probably is. -- Paul Graham.

Do you want to sell sugared water all your life or do you want to change the world? -- Steve Jobs, to John Sculley (former Pepsi executive)

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller

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

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. –Booker T. Washington