Test everything, including assumptions

Don't worry about people stealing your design work. Worry about the day they stop.

Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design, it's decoration.

Good Web design is about the character of the content, not the character of the designer.

Content informs design; design without content is decoration.

Whether the task is writing, design, or hanging a picture straight, it is obvious that we do our best work when healthy, rested, refreshed, alert, and eager to do the job for its own sake.

The best way to engage honestly with the marketplace via Twitter is to never use the words "engage," "honestly," or "marketplace."

Usability is like love. You have to care, you have to listen, and you have to be willing to change. You’ll make mistakes along the way, but that’s where growth and forgiveness come in.

Real web designers write code. Always have, always will.

Comments are proof most people don't read the articles.

When I see Facebook, I feel like Howlin' Wolf must have felt when he first heard Elvis. 'They finally taught a white boy to do this.'

Work-Life Freedom > Work-Life Balance

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Sometimes I feel like I'm being watched, but then I remember that my show was canceled three years ago.

God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.

One who uses coercion is guilty of deliberate violence. Coercion is inhuman.

The big question isn't whether you have problems; the all-important factor is your attitude toward problems. How you think of the problem is more important than the problem itself.

The experience of creating my adventure games was, other than marrying my husband and bringing into the world my two sons, the most fulfilling, wonderful experience I ever had.

Religious ideas have sprung from the same need as all the other achievements of culture: from the necessity for defending itself against the crushing supremacy of nature.

You can't say: This much love is worth this much misery. They're not opposites that cancel each other out; they're both true at the same time.

Bill Hicks - blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.