A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

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

Two people should stay together if together they are better people than they would be individually. -- ?

A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure. -- Hugh Kingsmill

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein

When you stop chasing the wrong things you give the right things a chance to catch you. ~Lolly Daskal

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington

If you hear a voice within you say “you cannot paint,” then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced. –Vincent Van Gogh