But what is it good for? -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968

The minute you put the blame on someone else you’ve switch things from being a problem you can control to a problem outside of your control. -- engtech (internetducttape.com)

The best people and organizations have the attitude of wisdom: The courage to act on what they know right now and the humility to change course when they find better evidence. The quest for management magic and breakthrough ideas is overrated; being a master of the obvious is underrated. Jim Maloney is right: Work is an overrated activity -- Bob Sutton

Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay

I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it ain't fun -- it's entertainment. -- David Mamet (as relayed by Joss Whedon)

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier