Every time I fire a linguist, the performance of the speech recognizer goes up

Frederick Jelinek

If you want to write fast software, use a slow computer

Dominic Tarr (in if you want to write fast software, use a slow computer)

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Oscar Wilde

You just sit in the midst of the problem; when you are a part of the problem, or when the problem is a part of you, there is no problem, because you are the problem itself. The problem is you yourself. If this is so, there is no problem.

Shunryu …

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few

In: Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant [...] nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

• Isaac Asimov

Organizations can't stop the world from changing. The best they can do is adapt. The smart ones change before they have to. The lucky ones manage to scramble and adjust when push comes to shove. The rest are losers, and they become history.

In: Price Pritchett. New Work Habits For …

It's not the clothes that fit you, It's you that fits the clothes

Vinay Gupta. "The Future of Stuff"

Señor, concédeme serenidad para aceptar todo aquello que no puedo cambiar, valor para cambiar lo que soy capaz de cambiar y sabiduría para entender la diferencia.

Reinhold Niebuhr

The more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.

Campbell's Law. Donald T. Campbell,