In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.
C’s great for what it’s great for. -- Ben Hoyts (micropledge)
Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com
It’s a problem if the design doesn’t let you add features at a later date. If you have to redo a program, the hours you spend can cause you to lose your competitive edge. A flexible program demonstrates the difference between a good designer and someone who is just getting a piece of code out. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).
The Work Begins Anew, The Hope Rises Again, And The Dream Lives On. -- Ted Kennedy
Abstraction is a form of data compression: absolutely necessary, because human short-term memory is so small, but the critically important aspect of abstraction is the algorithm that gets you from the name back to the "uncompressed" details. -- Bruce Wilder (blog post comment)
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs
Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin