No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side. If you keep waiting, it will comme up. -- Randy Pausch

Some may say Ruby is a bad rip-off of Lisp or Smalltalk, and I admit that. But it is nicer to ordinary people. -- Matz, LL2

What do Americans look for in a car? I've heard many answers when I've asked this question. The answers include excellent safety ratings, great gas mileage, handling, and cornering ability, among others. I don't believe any of these. That's because the first principle of the Culture Code is that the only effective way to understand what people truly mean is to ignore what they say. This is not to suggest that people intentionally lie or misrepresent themselves. What it means is that, when asked direct questions about their interests and preferences, people tend to give answers they believe the questioner wants to hear. Again, this is not because they intend to mislead. It is because people respond to these questions with their cortexes, the parts of their brains that control intelligence rather than emotion or instinct. They ponder a question, they process a question, and when they deliver an answer, it is the product of deliberation. They believe they are telling the truth. A lie detector would confirm this. In most cases, however, they aren't saying what they mean. -- The culture code.

The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

The great dividing line between success and failure can be expressed in five words: "I did not have time." -- WestHost weekly newsletter 14 Feb 2003

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

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~Pablo Picasso

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous