I’d rather write programs to write programs than write programs. -- Richard Sites

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein

Any fool can make the simple complex, only a smart person can make the complex simple. -- unknown

XML wasn't designed to be edited by humans on a regular basis. -- Guido van Rossum

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins