Ce n’est que par les beaux sentiments qu’on parvient à la fortune ! -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

It's no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it's a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people. -- Randy S. Nelson (dean of Pixar University)

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Revolutions come from standing on the shoulders of giants and facing in a better direction. -- Alan Kay

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. -- Mark Twain

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. ~Michael John Bobak

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth