I think the root of your mistake is saying that macros don't scale to larger groups. The real truth is that macros don't scale to stupider groups. -- Paul Graham, on the Lightweight Languages mailing list.

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

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/)

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. -- unknown

To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. -- Modern zen Poem

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

Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~Lolly Daskal