This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form or other, we pay for her favors; or we go empty away. – Amelia E. Barr Category: Value
In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power. – Orville Wright Category: design
Sometimes it pays to stay in bed in Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debuging Mondays code. – Dan Salomon Category: Computers :: Bugs & Debugging
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. – John Ashbery Category: Poetry