The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell

The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous

There really is no learning without doing. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. -- Thomas Jefferson

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. -- John Von Neumann, circa 1949

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see. –Confucius

14.Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover. –Mark Twain

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong