The only constant in the world of hi-tech is change. -- Mark Ward

La haine est une liqueur précieuse, un poison plus cher que celui des Borgia, - car il est fait avec notre sang, notre santé, notre sommeil, et les deux tiers de notre amour! Il faut en être avare! -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the glass is half empty. To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. -- author unknown (quoted in `Robust Systems', Gerald Jay Suseman)

The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit. -- Anonymous

In general, we can think of data as defined by some collection of selectors and constructors, together with specified conditions that these procedures must fulfill in order to be a valid representation. -- SICP, What is meant by data?

I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. ~Anonymous

Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. –Joshua J. Marine

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained. –Marie Curie