The problem is that Microsoft just has no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. -- Steve Jobs

Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"

You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right. -- Richard Feynman

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

We tend to seek easy, single-factor explanations of success. For most important things, though, success actually requires avoiding many separate causes of failure. -- Jared Diamond

It’s hard to grasp abstractions if you don’t understand what they’re abstracting away from. -- Nathan Weizenbaum

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Change your thoughts and you change your world. –Norman Vincent Peale

The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same. ~Colin R. Davis