Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. -- Alan Perlis

The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit. -- Anonymous

Resume writing is just like dating, or applying for a bank loan, in that nobody wants you if you're desperate. -- Steve Yegge.

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? -- David (Psalm 56:4)

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. -- John Von Neumann, circa 1949

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. – Albert Einstein

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

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

Do one thing every day that scares you. ~Anonymous