All non-trivial abstractions, to some degree, are leaky. -- Joel Spolsky (The Law of Leaky Abstractions)

Having large case statements in an object-oriented language is a sure sign your design is flawed. -- [Fixing architecture flaws in Rails' ORM]

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack. -- George Carrette

When you’ve got the code all ripped apart, it’s like a car that’s all disassembled. You’ve got all the parts tying all over your garage and you have to replace the broken part or the car will never run. It’s not fun until the code gets back to the baseline again. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Attitude is no substitute for competence. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ~Bill Gates