I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side. If you keep waiting, it will comme up. -- Randy Pausch

Having large case statements in an object-oriented language is a sure sign your design is flawed. -- [Fixing architecture flaws in Rails' ORM]

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -- Benjamin Franklin

It’s hard to grasp abstractions if you don’t understand what they’re abstracting away from. -- Nathan Weizenbaum

The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should therefore be regarded as a criminal offense. -- E.W. Dijkstra

It is never too late to be what you might have been. –George Eliot

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney