My dream is that people adopt it on its own merits. We're not trying to bend Ruby on Rails to fit the enterprise, we're encouraging enterprises to bend to Ruby on Rails. Come if you like it, stay away if you don't. We're not going head over heels to accommodate the enterprise or to lure them away from Java. That's how you end up with Java, if you start bending to special interest groups. -- David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby On Rails' creator)

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead (Introduction to Mathematics)

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -- Ferris Bueller

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

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

If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs