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

No problem should ever have to be solved twice. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison

The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Considering the current sad state of our computer programs, software development is clearly still a black art, and cannot yet be called an engineering discipline. -- Bill Clinton

Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it ain't fun -- it's entertainment. -- David Mamet (as relayed by Joss Whedon)

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryun

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. ~Ray Goforth

Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem. ~Anonymous