You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. -- Dr. Seuss

Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by instinct. -- Brave New World (paraphrased)

Mistakes were made. -- Ronald Reagan

Je crois au flooding. -- Karim BAINA (en parlant du dailogue avec les administrations)

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

You become what you believe. –Oprah Winfrey

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. ~Proverb

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. –Theodore Roosevelt

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein