Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. -- Seneca

In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? -- David (Psalm 56:4)

More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OSes is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders. -- Alanna

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

When your enemy is making a very serious mistake, don't be impolite and disturb him. -- Napoleon Bonaparte (allegedly)

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

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato