Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what
you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
-- Greek philosopher Epicurus
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that
have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are
mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
-- Edsger Dijkstra
You've got nothing HIVE wants old lady!
Even with begging it’s unlikely you spammers. I am talking about dobartim and his cronies
Give up control. You never really had it anyway.
-- How to fail: 25 secrets learned through failure
The trouble with the world is that the stupid are always cocksure and
the intelligent are always filled with doubt.
-- Bertrand Russell
Simplicity and pragmatism beat complexity and theory any day.
-- Dennis (blog comment)
Having large case statements in an object-oriented language is a sure
sign your design is flawed.
-- [Fixing architecture flaws in Rails' ORM]
If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines
produced but as lines spent.
-- Edsger Dijkstra
No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to
excel in it.
-- Alberti
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what
you now have was once among the things only hoped for.
-- Greek philosopher Epicurus
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
-- John Lennon
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in
God.
-- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)
L’art qui satisfait le besoin le plus impérieux sera toujours le plus
honoré.
-- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.
Omit needless words.
-- William Strunk, Jr. (The Elements of Style)
Do you want to sell sugared water all your life or do you want to change
the world?
-- Steve Jobs, to John Sculley (former Pepsi executive)
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is
not worth knowing.
-- Alan Perlis
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that
have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are
mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
-- Edsger Dijkstra
An expert is, according to my working definition "someone who doesn't
need to look up answers to easy questions".
-- Eric Lippert.
There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire
just might be procrastination.
-- Hara Estroff Marano.
Never do the impossible. People will expect you to do it forever after.
-- pigsandfishes.com
The problem is that Microsoft just has no taste. And I don't mean that
in a small way, I mean that in a big way.
-- Steve Jobs
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and
reflect.
-- Mark Twain
Revolutions come from standing on the shoulders of giants and facing in
a better direction.
-- Alan Kay