It was Edison who said ‘1% inspiration, 99% perspiration’. That may have been true a hundred years ago. These days it's ‘0.01% inspiration, 99.99% perspiration’, and the inspiration is the easy part. -- Linux Torvalds
Students should be evaluated on how well they can achieve the goals they strived to achieve within a realistic context. Students need to learn to do things, not know things. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. -- Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell
It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).
For complex systems, the compiler and development environment need to be in the same language that its supporting. It's the only way to grow code. -- Alan Kay
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.
The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous
When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you. ~Lolly Daskal
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi