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

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -- C.S. Lewis

Mistakes were made. -- Ronald Reagan

Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming. -- Donald Knuth

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder. -- Erik Naggum

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

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have. –Maya Angelou

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous