XML wasn't designed to be edited by humans on a regular basis. -- Guido van Rossum

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. -- Colin Powell

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison

It is said that the real winner is the one who lives in today but able to see tomorrow. -- Juan Meng, Reviewing "The future of ideas" by Lawrence Lessig

The wonderful and frustrating thing about understanding yourself is that nobody can do it for you. -- BetterExplained.com

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.

You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ~Steve Jobs

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ~John R. Wooden