"If car manufacturers made cars according to spec the same way software vendors make software according to spec, all five wheels would be of widely differing sizes, it would take one person to steer and another to work the pedals and yet another to operate the user-friendly menu-driven dashboard, and if it would not drive straight ahead without a lot of effort, civil engineers would respond by building spiraling roads around each city."

-- Erik Naggum

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“Don't listen to people telling you that getting up early is best. RenÃ© Descartes is one of history's most important philosophers, but he rarely got out of bed before noon - and when he started getting up early for a new job as a private tutor, it caused him to catch pneumonia and die.”
“If you never budge, don't expect a push.”
“It takes a fearless, unflinching love and deep humility to accept the universe as it is. The most effective way he knew to accomplish that, the most powerful tool at his disposal, was the scientific method, which over time winnows out deception. It can't give you absolute truth because science is a permanent revolution, always subject to revision, but it can give you successive approximations of reality.”
“It's always difficult for anyone trying to compete against their past achievements.”
“It's important to practice good hygiene, At least if you wanna run with my team.”

Source : "Song: "If You Must" ("Both Sides of the Brain")". 2000.
“I'm being unfairly targeted by a bunch of hacks and haters.”
“In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings.”
“Design means being good, not just looking good.”

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