I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as *lines produced* but as *lines spent*. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"

Never do the impossible. People will expect you to do it forever after. -- pigsandfishes.com

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

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

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn

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