Quote bookmarks for a flagging memory... in order of their importance this moment.
| "The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves |
| is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile." |
| - A Einstein |
| "If it were easy... everyone would be doing it" |
| - P Wildman |
| "One must learn by doing the thing. |
| For though you think you know it, |
| you have no certainty until you try." |
| - Sophocles |
| "What were the lessons I learned from so many years of intensive work on the practical problem of setting type by computer? One of the most important lessons, perhaps, is the fact that SOFTWARE IS HARD. From now on I shall have significantly greater respect for every successful software tool that I encounter. During the past decade I was surprised to learn that the writing of programs for TeX and Metafont proved to be much more difficult than all the other things I had done (like proving theorems or writing books). The creation of good software demands a significantly higher standard of accuracy than those other things do, and it requires a longer attention span than other intellectual tasks." |
| - D Knuth |
| Walls for the wind |
| And a roof for the rain |
| And drinks beside the fire |
| Laughter to cheer you |
| And those you love near you |
| And all that your heart may desire |
| - Irish blessing |
| They are not long, the days of wine and roses: |
| Out of a misty dream |
| Our path emerges for a while, then closes |
| Within a dream. |
| - Ernest Dowson, from the poem "Vitae Summa Brevis" |
Oct 2006...
| If it's between now and when you get this message, then call me. |
| - Ty Krieger, 7 years old, voicemail message |
Oct 2006 ... I think most nerds can relate to this one:
| "Crushing loneliness" |
| - Richard Stallman, on his motivation for starting Gnu |
Yes, this format is making me cranky.
todo list... yow, bill