Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are rare, much rarer than you think... -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Black Swan".

In OO, it's the data that is the "important" thing: you define the class which contains member data, and only incidentally contains code for manipulating the object. In FP, it's the code that's important: you define a function which contains code for working with the data, and only incidentally define what the data is. -- almkgor, on reddit

The only constant in the world of hi-tech is change. -- Mark Ward

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

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. -- Greek philosopher Epicurus

Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

If you’re going through hell keep going. ~Winston Churchill

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale