You can have premature generalization as well as premature optimization. -- Bjarne Stroustrup

Well then. How could you possibly live without automated refactoring tools? How else could you coordinate the caterpillar-like motions of all Java’s identical tiny legs, its thousands of similar parts? I’ll tell you how: Ruby is a butterfly. -- Stevey, Refactoring Trilogy, Part 1.

There are two ways of constructing a software design; one way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. -- C. A. R. Hoare

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

Write it properly first. It's easier to make a correct program fast, than to make a fast program correct. -- http://www.cpax.org.uk/prg/

If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. -- Mario Andretti

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown