One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. -- Robert Firth

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

Bonne bosse et reste le boss. -- Darryl Amedon

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Cited by Randy Pausch

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS. -- Alan Kay

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to doDon’t wish it were easier, wish you were better. ~Jim Rohn

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank

If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. ~Thomas J. Watson