Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. (Rene Descartes, Discours de la Methode)

The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don’t have it. (George Bernard Shaw)

C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg. (Bjarne Stroustrup)

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. (Soren Aabye Kierkegaard)

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. (H. G. Wells)