C++ is like teenage sex: Everybody is talking about it all the time, only few are really doing it. -- unknown

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.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. -- Mary Ellen Kelly

I’d rather write programs to write programs than write programs. -- Richard Sites

Teach thy tongue to say, I do not know, and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine

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

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney