The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Cited by Randy Pausch

There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home. -- Ken Olson, President, Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS. -- Alan Kay

The minute you put the blame on someone else you’ve switch things from being a problem you can control to a problem outside of your control. -- engtech (internetducttape.com)

La tactique, c'est ce que vous faites quand il y a quelque chose à faire; la stratégie, c'est ce que vous faites quand il n'y a rien à faire. -- Xavier Tartacover

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote

Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. –Grandma Moses

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison