If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. -- Rush (Freewill)

C’s great for what it’s great for. -- Ben Hoyts (micropledge)

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

Humans differ from animals to the degree that they are not merely an end result of their conditioning, but are able to reflect on their experiences and strategies, and apply insight to make changes in the way they live to modify the outcome. -- SlideTrombone (comment on "Programming can ruin your life")

Heureux l'étudiant qui comme la Rivière peut suivre son cours sans quitter son lit... -- Sebastien, sur commentcamarche.net

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument. ~Anonymous

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

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

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb