Do not accept anything because it comes from the mouth of a respected person. -- Buddha

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

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

There really is no learning without doing. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Sound methodology can empower and liberate the creative mind; it cannot inflame or inspire the drudge. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -- Benjamin Franklin

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~Dale Carnegie

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough. –Oprah Winfrey

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown