The best way to learn to live with our limitations is to know them. --E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Well, if you talk about programming to a group of programmers who use the same language, they can become almost evangelistic about the language. They form a tight-knit community, hold to certain beliefs, and follow certain rules in their programming. It’s like a church with a programming language for a Bible. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Courage is grace under pressure. -- Ernest Hemingway

The best way to learn to live with our limitations is to know them. --E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

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

A designer knows he has arrived at perfection not when there is no longuer anything to add, but when there is no longuer anything to take away. -- Antoine de St Exupery.

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ~Thomas J. Watson

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~Dale Carnegie

Fortune sides with him who dares. ~Virgil

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison