Saying that Java is nice because it works on all OSes is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders. -- Alanna

What I didn't understand was that the value of some new acquisition wasn't the difference between its retail price and what I paid for it. It was the value I derived from it. Stuff is an extremely illiquid asset. Unless you have some plan for selling that valuable thing you got so cheaply, what difference does it make what it's "worth?" The only way you're ever going to extract any value from it is to use it. And if you don't have any immediate use for it, you probably never will. -- Paul Graham

Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams. -- Mary Ellen Kelly

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. -- Seneca

A tail call allows a function to return the result of another function without leaving an entry on the stack. Tail recursion is a specific case of tail calling. -- ASPN : Python Cookbook : Explicit Tail Call

There really is no learning without doing. -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life. –John Lennon

Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki