A no uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a yes merely uttered to please or what is worse, to avoid trouble. -- Mahatma Gandhi

C++ is like teenage sex: Everybody is talking about it all the time, only few are really doing it. -- unknown

You have to write for your audience. I would never write (1..5).map &'*2' in Java when I could write ListFactoryFactory.getListFactoryFromResource( new ResourceName('com.javax.magnitudes.integers'). setLowerBound(1).setUpperBound(5).setStep(1).applyFunctor( new Functor () { public void eval (x) { return x * 2; } })) I'm simplifying, of course, I've left out the security and logging wrappers. -- Reginald Braithwait

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch

Making All Software Into Tools Reduces Risk. -- smoothspan.com

You can have premature generalization as well as premature optimization. -- Bjarne Stroustrup

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier

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

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