Two men look out through the same bars; one sees mud, and one the stars.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. ― Groucho Marx

Fine, Java MIGHT be a good example of what a programming language should belike. But Java applications are good examples of what applicationsSHOULDN'T be like. ― pixadel

As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn'tas easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to bediscovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a largepart of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes inmy own programs. ― Maurice Wilkes discovers debugging, 1949

Heller's Law: The first myth of management is that it exists.Johnson's Corollary: Nobody really knows what is going on anywhere within theorganization.

The bland leadeth the bland and they both shall fall into the kitsch.

Q: How many Pro-Lifers does it take to change a light bulb?A: Two. One to screw it in and one to say that light started when the screwing began.

Do not act as if you were going to live ten thousand years. Death hangs overyou. While you live, while it is in your power, be good. ― Marcus Aurelius, "The Meditations", Book IV

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ― Emerson

First Law of Socio-Genetics: Celibacy is not hereditary.