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

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

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. -- Martin Golding

Je ne vous impose aucune contrainte, aucune limite. Surprenez-moi, étonnez-moi, défiez-moi, défiez-vous vous-même. Vous avez le choix: vous pouvez rester dans l'ombre ou en sortir en étant parmis les trop rares exceptions à avoir réussi. L'heure est venue d'aller bien au delà de votre potentiel. L'heure est venue maintenant de descendre vraiment en vous. L'heure est venue de démontrer pourquoi vous êtes l'élite, les quelques élus, les rares lueurs qui offrent à cette compagnie son caractère exceptionnel, sa luminescence. -- Le PDG de NURV, dans "Anti-trust".

So the mere constraint of staying in regular contact with us will push you to make things happen, because otherwise you'll be embarrassed to tell us that you haven't done anything new since the last time we talked. -- Paul Graham (a talk at Y Combinator, for startup creators).

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

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