No problem should ever have to be solved twice. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

[Innovation] comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important. -- Steve Jobs

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -- Benjamin Franklin

Simplicity and pragmatism beat complexity and theory any day. -- Dennis (blog comment)

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein

This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

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

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. –Mark Twain

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. ~Ralph Nader