Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay

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

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: "I did not have time." -- WestHost weekly newsletter 14 Feb 2003

What do Americans look for in a car? I've heard many answers when I've asked this question. The answers include excellent safety ratings, great gas mileage, handling, and cornering ability, among others. I don't believe any of these. That's because the first principle of the Culture Code is that the only effective way to understand what people truly mean is to ignore what they say. This is not to suggest that people intentionally lie or misrepresent themselves. What it means is that, when asked direct questions about their interests and preferences, people tend to give answers they believe the questioner wants to hear. Again, this is not because they intend to mislead. It is because people respond to these questions with their cortexes, the parts of their brains that control intelligence rather than emotion or instinct. They ponder a question, they process a question, and when they deliver an answer, it is the product of deliberation. They believe they are telling the truth. A lie detector would confirm this. In most cases, however, they aren't saying what they mean. -- The culture code.

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart