Just like carpentry, measure twice cut once. -- Super-sizing YouTube with Python (Mike Solomon, [email protected])

Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. -- Ferris Bueller

It's like a condom; I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. -- some chick in Alien vs. Predator, when asked why she always carries a gun

Revolutions come from standing on the shoulders of giants and facing in a better direction. -- Alan Kay

The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of design, or problem-solving ability. -- Randall E. Stross

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. ~Mark Twain

If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. ~Kim Garst