Fools! Don't they know that tears are a woman's most effective weapon? -- Catwoman (The Batman TV Series, episode 83)

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -- Earl of Chesterfield

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. -- Grady Booch

Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

A tail call allows a function to return the result of another function without leaving an entry on the stack. Tail recursion is a specific case of tail calling. -- ASPN : Python Cookbook : Explicit Tail Call

New eyes have X-ray vision. [someone that hasn't written it is more likely to spot the bug. "someone" can be you after a break] -- William S. Annis

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. ~Michael John Bobak

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. –Abigail Van Buren