Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon

In OO, it's the data that is the "important" thing: you define the class which contains member data, and only incidentally contains code for manipulating the object. In FP, it's the code that's important: you define a function which contains code for working with the data, and only incidentally define what the data is. -- almkgor, on reddit

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization. -- Keith Devens

Well, if you talk about programming to a group of programmers who use the same language, they can become almost evangelistic about the language. They form a tight-knit community, hold to certain beliefs, and follow certain rules in their programming. It’s like a church with a programming language for a Bible. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Dont give users the opportunity to lock themselves. -- unknown

I'm always happy to trade performance for readability as long as the former isn't already scarce. -- Crayz (Commentor on blog.raganwald.com)

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous

Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale