There is one meaning [for static in C]: a global variable that is invisible outside the current scope, be it a function or a file. -- Paolo Bonzini

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

Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous

If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough. -- Alan Kay

Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OSes is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders. -- Alanna

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

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller

Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning. ~Robert Kiyosaki

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis