State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
While I’ve always appreciated beautiful code, I share Jonathan’s concern about studying it too much. I think studying beauty in music and painting has led us to modern classical music and painting that the majority of us just don’t get. Beauty can be seen when it emerges, but isn’t something to strive for in isolation of a larger context. In the software world, the larger context would be the utility of the software to the end user. -- [A comment on a blog]
A CS professor once explained recursion as follows: A child couldn't sleep, so her mother told her a story about a little frog, who couldn't sleep, so the frog's mother told her a story about a little bear, who couldn't sleep, so the bear's mother told her a story about a little weasel... who fell asleep. ...and the little bear fell asleep; ...and the little frog fell asleep; ...and the child fell asleep. -- everything2.com
C’s great for what it’s great for. -- Ben Hoyts (micropledge)
Quality of the people is better than the quality of the business idea. Crappy people can screw up the best idea in the world. -- Hadi Partovi & Ali Partovi (iLike.com), Talk at StartupSchool2007
I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey
Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse
The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain
There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul. ~Ella Wheeler Wilcox