Some Computer-Related Lines

"Deliberate complexity is the mark of an amateur. Elegant simplicity is the mark of a master."

	-- Unknown, quoted by Robert A. Crawford 

"Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it."

	-- Alan Perlis

"The most reliable components are the ones you leave out."

	-- Gordon Bell

"An engineer is a person who can do for a dime what any fool can do for a dollar."

	-- Unknown

"It's easy to conceal your identity on the net. It's much more difficult to conceal your true character."

	-- Diane Richardson

"Everyone can be taught to sculpt: Michelangelo would have had to be taught not to. So it is with great programmers."

	-- Alan Perlis

"You can't grep dead trees."

	-- Hacker saying

"Arguing with an engineer is like mudwrestling a pig: after an hour or so you're covered with mud... then, suddenly, you notice the pig's really enjoying itself."

	-- Paulina Borsook