More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger. -- Frank Lloyd Wright

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

A tail call allows a function to return the result of another function without leaving an entry on the stack. Tail recursion is a specific case of tail calling. -- ASPN : Python Cookbook : Explicit Tail Call

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher

You become what you believe. –Oprah Winfrey

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid. ~Audre Lorde

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato