Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

Write it properly first. It's easier to make a correct program fast, than to make a fast program correct. -- http://www.cpax.org.uk/prg/

Ce n’est que par les beaux sentiments qu’on parvient à la fortune ! -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

La connaissance d'un défaut ne l'enlève pas, elle nous torture jusqu'à sa correction. -- Daniel Lovewin (Guillaume Kpotufe)

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

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

If you are not willing to risk the usual you will have to settle for the ordinary. ~Jim Rohn

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself--the invisible battles inside all of us--that's where it's at. –Jesse Owens