The president was visiting NASA headquarters and stopped to talk to a man who was holding a mop. “And what do you do?” he asked. The man, a janitor, replied, “I’m helping to put a man on the moon, sir.” -- The little book of leadership

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

Ne te mets pas de limite, la vie se chargera de la mettre a ta place. -- Darryl AMEDON

I'm always happy to trade performance for readability as long as the former isn't already scarce. -- Crayz (Commentor on blog.raganwald.com)

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. -- author unknown (quoted in `Robust Systems', Gerald Jay Suseman)

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

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. ~Anonymous