“Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defence against complexity.”

        — David Gelernter

How can we call ourselves “evolved” when signs are needed to remind people to wash their hands after they go to the bathroom?

        — Caprice Crane (@capricecrane)

“If I had known how wonderful it would be to have grandchildren, I’d have had them first.”

        — Lois Wyse

“If you don’t like change, you will like irrelevance even less.”

        — Eric Shinseki

“Happiness is not a reward – it’s a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment – it’s a result.”

        — Robert Ingersoll

“Like I’ve always said, love wouldn’t be blind if the braille weren’t so damned much fun.”

        — Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon

“I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”

        — John Cage

“When you’re in that voting booth with just your conscience and a pen, take the pen because that’s all you’ll ever get out of them.”

“A common fallacy is to assume authors of incomprehensible code will somehow be able to express themselves lucidly and clearly in comments.”

        — Kevlin Henney

“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.”

        — Ziggy by Tom Wilson

“Losers quit when they’re tired. Winners quit when they’ve won.”

        — Unknown

“Reality shows are great because they let you watch dysfunctional people without an annoying mirror.”

        — Caprice Crane (@capricecrane)

“To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

        — Confucius

“Talk doesn’t cook rice.”

        — Chinese Proverb

“I’m toying with the idea of becoming a useful member of society.”

        — Wally from Dilbert, by Scott Adams

“You always pass failure on your way to success.”

        — Mickey Rooney

“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.”

“Grant me the serenity to accept the code I cannot change, the courage to refactor the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

        — Unknown

“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”

        — Lewis Smedes

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”

        — Tom Clancy

“A generous man forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives.”

        — Proverb

“There’s a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities.”

        — Ursula K. Le Guin