I am glad for high expectations. They push you to the limit and them some. -President-elect Barack Obama (Men's Health, 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition)
"We reject kings, presidents and voting. We believe in rough consensus and running code" -David Clark. "Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you accept" -Jon Postel. -"Founding beliefs" in IETF
I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do. -Christopher Reeve
Living with integrity means 1. Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. 2. Asking for what you want and need from others. 3. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. 4. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. 5. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe. -Barbara De Angelis
Until one is committed there is hesitancy, a chance to draw hack, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is only one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless dreams and splendid plans. That the moment one definitely commits onself then Providence moves too. -Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. -Albert Einstein
The next time your mind wanders, follow it around for a while. -Jessica Masterson
The presence of trustworthy computing and people is a necessity nowadays.
Everything is generally forbidden unless expressly permitted. -ISO 27002, Code of practice for information security management
It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry. -Albert Einstein
Security, however, is an art, not a science. -RFC 3631, Security Mechanisms for the Internet
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved. -Confucius
To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains. -Mary Pettibone Poole