Functional programming is to algorithms as the ubiquitous little black dress is to women's fashion. -- Mark Tarver (of "The bipolar Lisp programmer" fame)

If there is a will, there is a way. -- unknown

You can’t get to version 500 if you don’t start with a version 1. -- BetterExplained.com

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

Ce n'est que par les relations qu'on entretient entre nos différentes connaissances qu'elles nous restent accessibles. -- Shnuup, sur l'hypertexte (SELFHTML -> Introduction -> Definitions sur l'hypertexte)

It is better to be quiet and thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. -- WikiHow

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

Fortune sides with him who dares. ~Virgil

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

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