The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution. -- Bertrand Russell

La tactique, c'est ce que vous faites quand il y a quelque chose à faire; la stratégie, c'est ce que vous faites quand il n'y a rien à faire. -- Xavier Tartacover

You have to write for your audience. I would never write (1..5).map &'*2' in Java when I could write ListFactoryFactory.getListFactoryFromResource( new ResourceName('com.javax.magnitudes.integers'). setLowerBound(1).setUpperBound(5).setStep(1).applyFunctor( new Functor () { public void eval (x) { return x * 2; } })) I'm simplifying, of course, I've left out the security and logging wrappers. -- Reginald Braithwait

The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It’s to create more leaders. -- Ralph Nader

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain

C and Lisp stand at opposite ends of the spectrum; they're each great at what the other one sucks at. -- Steve Yegge, Tour de Babel.

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

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. –Booker T. Washington

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou