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
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. -- Bill Gates
Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"
This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell
Measure everything you can about the product, and you'll start seeing patterns. -- Max Levchin, PayPal founder, Talk at StartupSchool2007
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. –Latin Proverb
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses