If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell
If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying. -- Bruce Lee
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay
[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
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
Ce n’est que par les beaux sentiments qu’on parvient à la fortune ! -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. –Robert Frost
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie
Do one thing every day that scares you. ~Anonymous