| A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy. | Joseph Campbell |
| Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga com’è bisogna che tutto cambi. (If we want things to stay as they are, everything will have to change.) |
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa |
| It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so. | Mark Twain |
| On two occasions I have been asked [by members of parliament!], “Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?” I am not rightly able to apprehend the kind of confusion that could provoke such a question. | Charles Babbage |
| It’s only the last turn of a nut that tightens it. The rest is merely movement. | Shigeo Shingo |
| [The truth] always bobs up years later like a waterbird that dives in one part of the lake and pops up in another. | Anne Michaels |
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The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
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Emily Dickinson |
| A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. | Winston Churchill |
| When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. | Confucius |
| Le cœur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point | Blaise Pascal |
| As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder. | John Glenn |
| I am out to make a name for myself. If I fail, you will never hear from me again. | Eadweard Muybridge |
| As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.” But on the other side it didn’t say nothing, That side was made for you and me. |
Woody Guthrie (unpublished verse from This Land is Your Land) |
| I never said most of the things I said. | Yogi Berra |