Having large case statements in an object-oriented language is a sure sign your design is flawed. -- [Fixing architecture flaws in Rails' ORM]

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter. -- Eric Raymond

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

If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell

The programmer must seek both perfection of part and adequacy of collection. -- Alan J. Perlis

The best way to learn to live with our limitations is to know them. --E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam

To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong. ~Anonymous

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington

Teach thy tongue to say, I do not know, and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides