"Movement will fail sooner than usefulness...." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

“The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.”

“Though I may not . . . be able to quote other authors, I shall rely on that which is much greater and more worthy - on experience.”

“It is no small benefit on finding oneself in bed in the dark to go over again in the imagination the main lines of the forms previously studied, or other noteworthy things conceived by ingenious speculation.”

“Everything is useful which contributes to fix the principles and practices of virtue.”

“When the uncarved wood is split, its parts are put to use. When the sage is put to use, he becomes the head.”

“Usefulness, whatever form it may take, is the price we should pay for the air we breathe and the food we eat and the privilege of being alive.”

“There are a variety of techniques for breaking software down into pieces and making software development more efficient. Many of these techniques have been sort of... and everybody got excited about but very little benefit was actually derived once the thing was put into practice.”

“Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.”

“Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.”