J'ai toujours préféré la folie des passions à la sagesse de l'indifférence. -- Anatole France

A non negative binary integer value x is a power of 2 iff (x & (x-1)) is 0 using 2's complement arithmetic. -- [fact]

No matter how much you plan you’re likely to get half wrong anyway. So don’t do the ‘paralysis through analysis’ thing. That only slows progress and saps morale. -- 37 Signal, Getting real

Sound methodology can empower and liberate the creative mind; it cannot inflame or inspire the drudge. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is undistinguishable from magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~Jim Rohn

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus