Code is poetry. -- wordpress.org

What do Americans look for in a car? I've heard many answers when I've asked this question. The answers include excellent safety ratings, great gas mileage, handling, and cornering ability, among others. I don't believe any of these. That's because the first principle of the Culture Code is that the only effective way to understand what people truly mean is to ignore what they say. This is not to suggest that people intentionally lie or misrepresent themselves. What it means is that, when asked direct questions about their interests and preferences, people tend to give answers they believe the questioner wants to hear. Again, this is not because they intend to mislead. It is because people respond to these questions with their cortexes, the parts of their brains that control intelligence rather than emotion or instinct. They ponder a question, they process a question, and when they deliver an answer, it is the product of deliberation. They believe they are telling the truth. A lie detector would confirm this. In most cases, however, they aren't saying what they mean. -- The culture code.

No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side. If you keep waiting, it will comme up. -- Randy Pausch

Lisp programmers know the value of everything but the cost of nothing. -- Alan J. Perlis

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

No problem should ever have to be solved twice. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. ~Margaret Thatcher

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. –Aristotle

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. –Teddy Roosevelt