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

Code is poetry. -- wordpress.org

The lesson of the story might appear to be that self-interested and ambitious people in power are often the cause of wastefulness in developing countries. But self-interested and ambitious people are in positions of power, great and small, all over the world. In many places, they are restrained by the law, the press, and democratic opposition. Cameroon's tragedy is that there is nothing to hold self-interest in check. -- Tim Harford

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as *lines produced* but as *lines spent*. -- Edsger Dijkstra

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. -- Hans Hofmann

Getting back to failing early, I've learned it's important to completely fail. Get fired. Shoot the project, then burn its corpse. Melt the CVS repository and microwave the backup CDs. When things go wrong, I've often tried to play the hero from start to finish. Guess what? Some projects are doomed no matter what. Some need skills I don't possess. And some need a fresh face. -- Reginald Braithwaite

Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ~David Brinkley

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. –Booker T. Washington

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka