The problem is that small examples fail to convince, and large examples are too big to follow. -- Steve Yegge.

The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

To iterate is human, to recurse divine. -- L. Peter Deutsch

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

It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Humans aren't rational -- they rationalize. And I don't just mean "some of them" or "other people". I'm talking about everyone. We have a "logic engine" in our brains, but for the most part, it's not the one in the driver's seat -- instead it operates after the fact, generating rationalizations and excuses for our behavior. -- Paul Buchheit

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. ~ Jim Rohn

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

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown