Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. -- Alan Perlis

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Simplicity and pragmatism beat complexity and theory any day. -- Dennis (blog comment)

La tactique, c'est ce que vous faites quand il y a quelque chose à faire; la stratégie, c'est ce que vous faites quand il n'y a rien à faire. -- Xavier Tartacover

It was Edison who said ‘1% inspiration, 99% perspiration’. That may have been true a hundred years ago. These days it's ‘0.01% inspiration, 99.99% perspiration’, and the inspiration is the easy part. -- Linux Torvalds

Remember: you are alone. Every time you can get help from someone, it is an opportunity: you should eagerly size it. But then, promptly return to normal mode: you are alone and you must be prepared to solve every problem yourself. -- Eric KEDJI

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

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ~Steve Jobs