If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -- Mario Andretti

If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

My dream is that people adopt it on its own merits. We're not trying to bend Ruby on Rails to fit the enterprise, we're encouraging enterprises to bend to Ruby on Rails. Come if you like it, stay away if you don't. We're not going head over heels to accommodate the enterprise or to lure them away from Java. That's how you end up with Java, if you start bending to special interest groups. -- David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby On Rails' creator)

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. -- Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ~Tony Robbins

I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. –Benjamin Franklin

If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission. ~Anonymous

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs