Je crois au flooding. -- Karim BAINA (en parlant du dailogue avec les administrations)

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- Donald Knuth

My dream is that people adopt it on its own merits. We're not trying to bend Ruby on Rails to fit the enterprise, we're encouraging enterprises to bend to Ruby on Rails. Come if you like it, stay away if you don't. We're not going head over heels to accommodate the enterprise or to lure them away from Java. That's how you end up with Java, if you start bending to special interest groups. -- David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby On Rails' creator)

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

The best is the enemy of the good. -- Voltaire

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors. ~Napoleon Hill

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. –Jamie Paolinetti