Incompletenesses and inconsistences of our ideas become clear only during their implementation.
-- Frederick Brooks
Avis au public. Fair della bonne cuisine demande temps. Si on vous fait attendre, c'est pur mieux vous servir, at vous plaire.
-- Frederick Brooks
Human beings are not accustomed to being prefect, but few areas of human activity demand it. The computer resembles the magic of legend in this respect too.
-- Frederick Brooks
Doing new stuff is not always easy.
-- Flop, in Bing (the cartoon)
Everything that can be invented has been invented!
-- Charles H. Duell, Director of the US Patent Office (1899)