My dream is that people adopt it on its own merits. We're not trying to bend Ruby on Rails to fit the enterprise, we're encouraging enterprises to bend to Ruby on Rails. Come if you like it, stay away if you don't. We're not going head over heels to accommodate the enterprise or to lure them away from Java. That's how you end up with Java, if you start bending to special interest groups. -- David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby On Rails' creator)

Only make new mistakes. -- Phil Dourado

Ce n'est que par les relations qu'on entretient entre nos différentes connaissances qu'elles nous restent accessibles. -- Shnuup, sur l'hypertexte (SELFHTML -> Introduction -> Definitions sur l'hypertexte)

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

Dream big and dare to fail. –Norman Vaughan

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. ~Proverb

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby

An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates