"The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic experience much like composing poetry or music."
-Donald Knuth

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."
-William Arthur Ward

"I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."
Dwight Eisenhower

"You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away."
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Wind, Sand and Stars