Talkers are no good doers. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry VI"

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

A guideline in the process of stepwise refinement should be the principle to decompose decisions as much as possible, to untangle aspects which are only seemingly interdependent, and to defer those decisions which concern details of representation as long as possible. -- Niklaus Wirth

There is one meaning [for static in C]: a global variable that is invisible outside the current scope, be it a function or a file. -- Paolo Bonzini

Its a shame that the students of our generation grew up with windows and mice because that tainted our mindset not to think in terms of powerful tools. Some of us are just so tainted that we will never recover. -- Jeffrey Mark Siskind in comp.lang.lisp

If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out. ~Robert Collier

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

Life isn't about getting and having, it's about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. –Roger Staubach