La haine est une liqueur précieuse, un poison plus cher que celui des Borgia, - car il est fait avec notre sang, notre santé, notre sommeil, et les deux tiers de notre amour! Il faut en être avare! -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

Another feature about this guy is his low threshold of boredom. He'll pick up on a task and work frantically at it, accomplishing wonders in a short time and then get bored and drop it before its properly finished. He'll do nothing but strum his guitar and lie around in bed for several days after. Thats also part of the pattern too; periods of frenetic activity followed by periods of melancholia, withdrawal and inactivity. This is a bipolar personality. -- The bipolar lisp programmer

C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. -- Scott McKay

Lisp is a programmable programming language. -- John Foderaro

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

Never do the impossible. People will expect you to do it forever after. -- pigsandfishes.com

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France

Teach thy tongue to say, I do not know, and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides

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

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail