There is one meaning [for static in C]: a global variable that is invisible outside the current scope, be it a function or a file. -- Paolo Bonzini

Ils ne sont pas forts parce qu'ils sont forts. Ils sont forts parce que nous sommes faibles. -- Ragala Khalid

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. -- Dr. Seuss

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

Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by instinct. -- Brave New World (paraphrased)

It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings. –Ann Landers

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. –Bill Cosby

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen