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

Resume writing is just like dating, or applying for a bank loan, in that nobody wants you if you're desperate. -- Steve Yegge.

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization. -- Keith Devens

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.

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out. -- Donald Norman

We control complexity by building abstractions that hide details when appropriate. We control complexity by establishing conventional interfaces that enable us to construct systems by combining standard, well-understood pieces in a ``mix and match'' way. We control complexity by establishing new languages for describing a design, each of which emphasizes particular aspects of the design and deemphasizes others. -- Alan J. Perlis

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~Bruce Feirstein

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley