A CS professor once explained recursion as follows: A child couldn't sleep, so her mother told her a story about a little frog, who couldn't sleep, so the frog's mother told her a story about a little bear, who couldn't sleep, so the bear's mother told her a story about a little weasel... who fell asleep. ...and the little bear fell asleep; ...and the little frog fell asleep; ...and the child fell asleep. -- everything2.com

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)

La tactique, c'est ce que vous faites quand il y a quelque chose à faire; la stratégie, c'est ce que vous faites quand il n'y a rien à faire. -- Xavier Tartacover

Remember that you are humans in the first place and only after that programmers. -- Alexandru Vancea

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie