Getting back to failing early, I've learned it's important to completely fail. Get fired. Shoot the project, then burn its corpse. Melt the CVS repository and microwave the backup CDs. When things go wrong, I've often tried to play the hero from start to finish. Guess what? Some projects are doomed no matter what. Some need skills I don't possess. And some need a fresh face. -- Reginald Braithwaite
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. -- Rush (Freewill)
You will never become a Great Programmer until you acknowledge that you will always be a Terrible Programmer. You will remain a Great Programmer for only as long as you acknowledge that you are still a Terrible Programmer. -- Marc (http://kickin-the-darkness.blogspot.com/)
Humans aren't rational -- they rationalize. And I don't just mean "some of them" or "other people". I'm talking about everyone. We have a "logic engine" in our brains, but for the most part, it's not the one in the driver's seat -- instead it operates after the fact, generating rationalizations and excuses for our behavior. -- Paul Buchheit
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
The only thing a man should ever be 100% convinced of is his own ignorance. -- DJ MacLean
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama
It is never too late to be what you might have been. –George Eliot
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier