Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain

Rules of Optimization: Rule 1: Don’t do it. Rule 2 (for experts only): Don’t do it yet. -- M.A. Jackson

You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right. -- Richard Feynman

To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. -- Modern zen Poem

I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

Good artists copy. Great artists steal. -- Pablo Picasso

If you can dream it, you can achieve it. –Zig Ziglar

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

Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. –Henry Ford

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