# My Favorite Quotes

A list of my favorite quotes.

> *“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”  —  Douglas Adams*

From the ingenious book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams which is also famous for the number 42 ( [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_%28novel%29)).

> *“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”  —  Unknown*

Even though this quote is often being attributed to Albert Einstein, the origin of this quote is actually not known ( [Source](https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/23/same/)). [Related xkcd](https://xkcd.com/1657/). Great movie version in the game Far Cry 3 ( [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKMMCPeiQoc)).

> *“Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.”  —  Linus Torvalds*

From the creator of the Linux kernel.

> *“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”  —  Alan Turing*

Alan Turing is the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

> *“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”  —  Elon Musk*

> *“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”  —  Albert Einstein*

> *“Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.”  —  Albert Einstein*

> *“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”  —   Arthur C. Clarke*

> *“Success today requires the agility and drive to constantly rethink, reinvigorate, react, and reinvent”  —  Bill Gates*

> *“A brilliant solution to the wrong problem can be worse than no solution at all: solve the correct problem.”  —  Don Norman*

> *“Computers are useless. They can only give you answers”  —  Pablo Picasso*

> *“The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.”  —  Steve Jobs*

> *“Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity”  —  Seneca*

> *“The perfect is the enemy of the good.”  —  Voltaire*