The Foo bar

Jun 18

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer” — Sir William Blackstone, 1765

May 06

“The enjoyment of one’s tools is an essential ingredient of successful work.” — Donald Knuth

Mar 25

“Talent is cheaper then table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” — Stephen King

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less” — C.S. Lewis

“It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth” — W. Edward Deming, “The New Economics”

Mar 14

“If you’re the most intelligent person in the room… You’re in the wrong room.” — James D. Watson

Mar 07

“He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing” — Paul Muad’Dib (character from Dune)

Feb 25

“Never commit to memory what can be easily looked up in books.” — Albert Einstein

Feb 20

“The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” — Linus Pauling

Feb 14

“Unix was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things, as that would also stop them from doing clever things.” — Doug Gwyn