More computing sins are committed in the name of efficiency (without necessarily achieving it) than for any other single reason - including blind stupidity. -- W.A. Wulf

No matter how much you plan you’re likely to get half wrong anyway. So don’t do the ‘paralysis through analysis’ thing. That only slows progress and saps morale. -- 37 Signal, Getting real

Remember: you are alone. Every time you can get help from someone, it is an opportunity: you should eagerly size it. But then, promptly return to normal mode: you are alone and you must be prepared to solve every problem yourself. -- Eric KEDJI

Ce n’est que par les beaux sentiments qu’on parvient à la fortune ! -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

An expert is, according to my working definition "someone who doesn't need to look up answers to easy questions". -- Eric Lippert.

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

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail

Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse

Change your thoughts and you change your world. –Norman Vincent Peale

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill