The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.— Richard HammingWhat I cannot create, I do not understand.— Richard FeynmanIn mathematics you don't understand things. You just get used to them.— John von NeumannThe first principle is that you must not fool yourself.— Richard FeynmanAll models are wrong, but some are useful.— George BoxSimplicity is prerequisite for reliability.— Edsger DijkstraMathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.— Henri PoincaréBeware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.— Donald KnuthWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.— Alan TuringOne must imagine Sisyphus happy.— Albert CamusComputer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.— Edsger DijkstraSimple things should be simple, complex things should be possible.— Alan KayDebugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.— Brian KernighanIt is not knowledge, but the act of learning, which grants the greatest enjoyment.— Carl Friedrich GaussWaste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.— Marcus AureliusThe impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.— Marcus AureliusIt is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.— SenecaLife can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.— Søren KierkegaardThe struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart.— Albert CamusIt makes no difference what men think of war. War endures.— Cormac McCarthy, Blood MeridianKeep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden.— Cormac McCarthy, The RoadThe purpose of computing is insight, not numbers.— Richard Hamming