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About Us - Favorite Quotes 
These quotes are provided for their redeeming qualities, entertainment
value, or because they (may) pertain to the business of information
systems design and software development.
- "If I have an apple and you have an apple and we exchange apples, then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." - George Bernard Shaw (from his play The Apple Cart)
- "The best way to predict the future is to invent
it." - Alan Kay, inventor of the Smalltalk object oriented computer
language
- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable
from magic." - Arthur C. Clark, The Lost Worlds of 2001
- "The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists." - Charles Dickens
- "When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip." - Elmore Leonard
- "Design adds value faster than it adds cost." - Joel Spolsky
- "Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there." - Will Rogers
- "Man is the creator of change in the world. As such he should be above systems and structures, and not subordinate to them." - Steve Job
- "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery,
none but ourselves can free our mind." - Bob Marley, Redemption
Songs
- "The difference between the right word and the
almost-right word is the difference between the lightning and the
lightning-bug." - Mark Twain
- "I never did give anybody hell. I just
told the truth, and they thought it was hell." - Harry S. Truman
- "I don't skate to where the puck is.
I skate to where the puck is going to be." - Wayne Gretsky
- "Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness." - Cullen Hightower
- "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." - Terry Pratchett
- "It is not a commonplace river." - Mark Twain
- "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."
- Yogi Berra
- "You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the
dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never
would've thought of that!'" - Dave Barry
More quotes here.
If you're interested, visit our favorite poetry
page. Scant, but to the point. It also has a few
pictures of some great places in Colorado.
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