He who grasps at too much loses everything.
Qui trop embrasse mal étreint.

Vous n'avez ni les qualités ni les défauts d'un vrai politicien;

vous ne savez pas dissimuler et vous ne savez pas vous ennuyer. (Jean Monnet)

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

Oh I'll join the Procrastinators Club tomorrow. (Unknown)

Ne pas choisir, c'est encore choisir.
(Jean-Paul Sartre)

Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.
(Clifford Stoll)

Never tell your problems to anyone,
20% don't care,
and the other 80% are glad you have them.
(Lou Holtz)

REBONDIR : "Art de re-partir, de se relancer"

Préférable que le rebond soit du pemier type (qui s'amplifie et atteint les sommets) que du second (qui s'essoufle, retombe, ... et plouf !)

Les galères font le galérien.
(Victor Hugo)
... point trop n'en faut ! :)

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future,
tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past.
(M.Masterlinck)

To accomplish great things, we must not only act,

but also dream;

not only plan, but also believe.
(Anatole France)

I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
(W. C. Fields)

Les hommes n'acceptent le changement que dans la nécessité
et ils ne voient la nécessité que dans la crise.
(Jean Monnet)

If we wait for the moment when everything,
absolutely everything is ready,
we shall never begin.
(Ivan Turgenev)

You have to take it as it happens,
but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.
(German Proverb)

Through violence, you may ’solve’ one problem,

but you sow the seeds for another

(Dalai Lama)

Vu samedi soir la pièce Les hommes préfèrent mentir - Explosif, décapant, au vitriol , (très drôle), en un mot "Excellent !"

When choosing between two evils,
I always like to try the one I've never tried before.
(Mae West)

Irrationality is the square root of all evil.
(Douglas Hofstadter)

Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
(William Hazlitt)

Dans la "revue de presse des 2 anes" (sur Paris 1ère), au sujet de la Ferme Célébrités qui se déroule en Afrique,
"malheureusement on envoie souvent nos déchets en Afrique" :) !

I shall tell you a great secret my friend.
Do not wait for the last judgement,
it takes place every day.
(Albert Camus)

Les grands cogneurs sont des grands encaisseurs.
(Stéphane Guillon, qui fait face à de nombreuses critiques suite à ses chroniques humoristiques mais sans concession sur France Inter)

Qui n'a pas quitté son pays est plein de préjugés.
(Carlo Goldoni)

www.kiva.org

The greatest good you can do for another

is not just to share your riches

but to reveal to him his own.
(Benjamin Disraeli)

Yaka & Yavaika

Arrivés à l’échéance, la plupart des problèmes résolus à coup de YAKA, dans l’euphorie des pousse-café, prennent leur revanche.
Revanche aussitôt contrée, il est vrai, par l’intervention immédiate et spontanée du YAVAIKA, produit naturel du YAKA, de telle sorte que ledit problème coincé entre YAKA et YAVAIKA s’évanouit dans le dérisoire ou se désagrège dans le fictif
(J. Perret )

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important

than an idea that exists only as an idea.

(Buddha)

Is it better to have an unperfect product 'live'
or
to have a perfect product ... but always on paper ?

OR in other words,

Is it better to have a good product 'live' but without all the functionnalities
or
to have a full monthy product ... but always on paper

.....

Life is the sum of all your choices.
(Albert Camus)

The flowers of tomorrow are the seeds of today.
(Proverb)

Everything will be OK in the end,

if it’s not OK, it’s not the end.

(Unknown)

Jean est marié à une belge. Il souhaite devenir belge.
On lui explique que c'est simple, il suffit d'une seule opération pour enlever 30% du cerveau.
L'opération est finie, et là le chirurgien constate qu'il s'est trompé, il n'a pas enlevé 30% mais laissé 30% !
- "Tabernacle" s'exclame Jean !

Amicale salutation à mes amis quebecquois et merci à Bamba pour l'histoire.

There are many paths to the top of the mountain,

but the view is always the same.
(Chinese Proverb)

Fini les “ca va le faire tiguidou” et autres “j’ai de la broue dans le toupet” ou « broche à foin »,
demain samedi retour en France :) !!

Because things are the way they are,

things will not stay the way they are.

(Bertolt Brecht)

In SQL we trust :)

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.
(Simone Weil)

Let's have a DREAM !!

A diplomat... is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to trip.

(C. Stinnett)

You are what you wear.

I wear something different everyday.

(Corey Haim)

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
(Benjamin Franklin)

It takes a village to raise a child.
(African proverb)

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.
(Sir Winston Churchill)

In whatever position you find yourself determine first your objective.
(Marechal Ferdinand Foch)

The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
(P. B. Medawar)

Ce que je peux vous dire, pour en avoir parlé à plusieurs reprises avec le Président, c'est qu'il n'évoque jamais le sujet.
(Xavier Bertrand, cité dans le Canard Enchaîné du 10 mars 2010)

Choisir c’est renoncer.
(André Gide)

When we are no longer able to change a situation -

we are challenged to change ourselves.
(Viktor Frankl)

Life is full of "Trade-Offs"

.......

The problem with communication ...

is the illusion that it has been accomplished.

(G.B. Shaw)

Death or Glory - good question !

et merci à Georgy pour le tee-shirt clin d'oeil à un échange ou je le 'chambrais' sur l'un de ses beaux tee-shirt. Le slogan Dead or Glory est d'une actualité surprenante ...

Je me lève aussi facilement du pied gauche que du pied droit :
je ne fais pas de politique.
(Francis Blanche)

Il y a tellement de rebondissements dans mes livres qu'on les croirait en caoutchouc.
(Frédéric Dard)

The miracle is not to fly in the air or to walk on the water

but to walk on the earth.

(Chinese Proverb)

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators,

after they’ve told you what it is you want to hear.

(Alan Coren)

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play.
(Warren Beatty)

Follow your passion, and success will follow you.
(Arthur Buddhold)

Les racines de l'éducation sont amères mais ses fruits sont doux.
(Aristote)

1ère règle de sécurité : Les fichiers/programmes c'est comme les bonbons, quand ça vient d'un inconnu, on n'accepte pas.
(Unknown)

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
(Paul Valery)

If you are patient in 1 moment of anger,
you will escape 100 days of sorrow.
(Chinese proverb)

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist
is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
(Mark Twain)

Le dernier Iphone est arrivée ! et un inconnu au téléphone (presque mobile) - PC + skype

L'ail phone, une solution pour conjurer le mauvais et privilégier les communications olfactives !

Action may not always bring happiness,

but there is no happiness without action.

(Benjamin Disraeli)

The man who stops advertising to save money
is like the man who stops the clock to save time.
(Henry Ford)

Dumb messages !

No keyboard found. Press F1 to continue. - NT error message

Unknown error n° 2 - Multilog

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not;
a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
(Francis Bacon)

We all live under the same sky,

but we don’t all have the same horizon.

(Konrad Adenauer)

I love deadlines.
I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
(Douglas Adams)


Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
(Henry David Thoreau)

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.
(Mark Twain)

It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little.
(Sydney Smith)

Ce soir, très grosse fatigue !

....

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal;
it strengthens, tempers, intensifies,
but never destroys it.
(Eliza Tabor)

We must accept finite disappointment,
but never lose infinite hope.
(Martin Luther King)

Un voyage de mille lieues commence toujours par un premier pas.
(Lao-Tseu)

Have you ever heard about "Functionnal User Cases Knowledge" ?
what a coarse acronym ! and funny guy ...

Be civil to all;
sociable to many;
familiar with few;
friend to one;
enemy to none.
(Benjamin Franklin)

In God we trust all others must pay cash.
(American Proverb)

Oftentimes the solution to a problem requires a new perspective.
(Monte)

Les mini-jupes sont comme les bilans :
ça donne des idées mais ça cache l'essentiel.
(Anonyme)

If God had really intended men to fly,
he'd make it easier to get to the airport.
(George Winters)

All change is not growth,
as all movement is not forward.
(Ellen Glasgow)

If knowledge can create problems,
it is not through ignorance that we can solve them.
(Isaac Asimov)

Ideas are worth nothing unless executed.
(Jeff Atwood / Cultivate Teams - Not Ideas)

One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero,
they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
(Unknown)

I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone;
my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
(Bjarne Stroustrup)

Mariage pluvieux, mariage heureux.
(Dicton français)
ou
Mariage plus vieux, mariage heureux.
(Christophe Chenebault ?)

Vu les deux en recherchant une citation pour un mariage. Etrange non ? Le 1er serait une déformation du 2nd.

Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.
(Ralph Johnson)

You're right not because others agree with you,
but because your facts are right.
(Warren Buffett)

C'est quand la mer se retire qu'on voit ceux qui se baignaient nus.
(Warren Buffet)

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
(Henri Bergson)

The reason you are here -- is the customer.
If you just want to play with the technology go to Bell Labs.
They pay you to play.
(Unknown)

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.
(Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

Ce n’est pas qu’il est bon à rien, il est mauvais à tout.
(Coluche)

If you're going to be a Bear, be a Grizzly !
(Unknown)

People in the computer industry use the word “user”,

which to them means “idiot”.
(Dave Barry) --- it was in the past !

Que d’orateurs guindés, dans un discours savant,
Se tourmentent sans fin pour enfanter du vent.
(Nicolas-Joseph-Florent Gilbert)

We are in this boat together now, everyone will be rowing,

if you are skiing, I will cut the rope.

(Zack Holiday, The Waldec Group 1993)

Récréation. Période particulière d'ennui destinée à remédier à une fatigue générale.
(Ambrose Bierce)

A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination
and usually the best way to get there.
(H. Stanley Judd)

Il y a trois sortes d'êtres au langage mystérieux :
Les plus aisés à comprendre sont les fous.
Puis viennent les polytechniciens.
Et enfin les comptables.
(Auguste Detoeuf)

Comptable : Personne qui résout des problèmes que vous ne pensiez pas avoir, d'une manière que vous ne comprenez pas.

(Anonyme)

Quelqu'un qui connaît le coût de toute chose

et la valeur de rien.

(Anonyme)