Take time to deliberate;
but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
(Andrew Jackson)

L'on ne peut pas traîner quelqu'un dans la boue
sans se salir un peu soi-même.
(Anonyme)

The way to succeed is to double your failure rate.
(Henry Ford)

I was looking for a few words to describe a situation that could soon be a huge mess and heard about : SNAFU / TARFUN / FUBAR

SNAFU - Situation Normal, All Fucked Up - Thing are running normally.
TARFUN - Things Are Really Fucked Up Now - Houston, we have a problem.
FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition - Burn it to the ground and start over from scratch; it's totally destroyed.

This day started out SNAFU, but then my machine went all TARFUN. The place was totally FUBAR after that.

Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get.
(in film Forrest Gump )

Mais que diable allait-il faire à cette galère !
(Géronte in Les Fourberies de Scapin de Molière)

Logic is a big hammer, use it to smash contradictions.
(Unknown)

Life is not a matter of holding good cards,
but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
(Jack London)

- Quelle différence y a t-il entre Sarko et un yaourt ?
- Au bout d'un certain temps, le yaourt développe une certaine forme de culture !
(Anonyme, vu aussi avec américain au lieu de Sarko, on remplace en fait avec ce qu’on veut ..)

Des gens intelligents, il y en a 5 à 6% ;
moi je fais campagne auprès des cons.
(Georges Frêche)

Une touche de rose, vert, rouge :
c’est le retour de la gouache plurielle.
(Luc Chatel)

There's no substitute for guts.
(Paul Bear Bryant)

Elysée & Guignol sur un même panneau ? Oui c'est possible dans Paris, proche de l'Elysée. Et suivant le contexte l'indication prend de la saveur :)

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too elate.
(Benjamin Franklin)

A la fin d'un dîner organisé par Winston Churchill, le maître d'hôtel présente la cave à cigare aux invités.
L'un d'entre eux en prends cinq et déclare : c'est pour la route.
Et Churchill lui répond : merci d'être venu d'aussi loin.

Mon bon Monsieur
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute.
(Le Corbeau et renard, Jean de la Fontaine)

After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.
(Italian proverb)

The beginning is the most important part of the work.
(Platon)

Until the lions have their historians,
tales of hunting will always glorify the hunter.
(African proverb)

For those who understand no explanation is needed,
For those who don't none will do.
(Jerry Lewis)

Change your opinions, keep to your principles;
Change your leaves, keep intact your root.
(Victor Hugo)

A good question : Should Developers have Access to Production?
Well it depends, of the size ot the IT team, of rules inside company (such as SOX or law 198/52 109 ), etc.. but
"Developers should have access if they need it, and they should never need it" :)

A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.
(Henry Kissinger)

Explanations below are from top 1O best diamond quotes :
Just as lowly coal can become a lovely diamond, everyone has the potential to become something great. Diamonds do start out as something far less beautiful than the sparkling stone we see today. They are formed when extreme heat (found 200 miles into the earth’s ground) and extreme pressure cause carbon atoms to crystallize, which creates diamond. From there, diamond is mined by human beings and turned into a nearly perfect stone or used as industrial bort.

A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

Peer’s law : The solution to a problem changes the problem

The formulation of the problem is often more essential than its solution.
(Albert Einstein)

After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning;
it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
(Mark Twain)

You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
(Jon Kabat-Zinn)

And as we let our own light shine,
we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

As we're liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
(Nelson Mandela, Long walk to freedom)

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
(Albert Einstein)

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
(André Gide)

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
(John Powell)

Life is like a ten-speed bicycle.
Most of us have gears we never use.
(Charles Schultz)

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.
(Garth Brooks)

We are born naked, wet and hungry, and get slapped on our ass ...
Then things just keep getting worse.
(Unknown)

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
(Scott Adams)

I am an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes his raincoat.
(Harold Wilson)

Life's biggest challenge is deciding what's important,
then disregarding the rest.
(unknown)

Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery.
Today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present.
(B. Olatunji)

Being challenged in life is inevitable.
Being defeated is optional.
(Roger Crawford)

Life was much easier when Apple & BlackBerry were just fruits !
(Unknown)

To accomplish great things,
we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe.
(Anatole France), thanks Danièle for the quote !

Life isn't fair. Wake up and get used to it.
(Steve Jobs)

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.
(John W. Gardner)

Do not confuse motion and progress.
A rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress.
(Alfred A. Montapert)

Live from Montréal - photo prise dimanche depuis le belvédère du Mont Royal

:) Attention aux 5 à 7
Le 5 à 7 correspond au Quebec à un moment de relaxation entre amis après le travail alors qu'en France il s'agit d'un rendez-vous galant de fin d'après-midi.

Et nouvelle expression du Quebec découverte ce jour, "jouer fessier" pour 'jouer petit-joueur" ou "sans prendre-trop de risque)

Double surprise ce soir à Montréal :

- tout d'abord une addition étrange : 2.50 + 2.50 + 2.50 = 7.51 ! (lié à la TPQ et aux arrondis)

- ensuite une mention étrange sur la carte du restaurant (pas le même que pour l'addition précédente), un minimum de $ requis par personne (au demeurant c'était bien et bon !)

When speaking to someone, what you say is not nearly as important as how they interpret what you say.
(Unknown)

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.

(Henry David Thoreau)

Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress.
But I repeat myself.
(Mark Twain)

We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.

(Anaïs Nin)

The reason the grass seems greener on the other side

is because it's been fertilized with bullshit.

(Unknown) Thanks JJD for the higlight ..

There are seven things that will destroy us:

Wealth without work;
Pleasure without conscience;
Knowledge without character;
Religion without sacrifice;
Politics without principle;
Science without humanity;
Business without ethics.
(Mahatma Gandhi)

Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.
(African Proverb)

Expressions - On utilise pas mal d'expressions toute faites, dont on ne connait pas toujours l'origine et qu'il est difficile d'expliquer à ses jeunes enfants ...

Un florilège (100% beariscool) pour exemple :
"Ce matin, l'estomac dans les talons, on va retrousser les manches et aller au charbon, même si les dés sont pipés on va mettre les pieds dans le plat, quitte à prendre une veste. Par ce qu'ils commencent à nous courir sur le haricot à changer d'avis comme de chemise!"

ou encore

« Allez Chauffe Marcel ! On va pas jouer la politique de l'autruche ni couper les cheveux en quatre, on va afficher la couleur et prendre le problème à bras le corps pour éviter d'aller droit dans le mur ! »

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
(Lao-Tze)

Il vaut mieux suivre le bon chemin en boitant que le mauvais d'un pas ferme.
(Saint Augustin)

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
(Mohandas Gandhi)

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time,
and sometimes you weep.
(Carl Sandburg)

Every generation laughs at the old fashions,
but follows religiously the new.
(Henry David Thoreau)

Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
(Gucci)

I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
(Edward Irving Koch)

Ca va prendre 107 ans !

D'où vient cette expression ? De la construction de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris qui a durée 107 ans, ce qui a paru une éternité aux Parisiens ....

People often say that motivation doesn’t last.
Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.
(Zig Ziglar)

Company cultures are like country cultures.
Never try to change one.
Try, instead, to work with what you've got.
(Peter Drucker)

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way rapidly winning over and converting its opponents; it rarely happens that Saul becomes Paul.
What does happen is that its opponents gradually die out and that the growing generation is familiarized with the idea from the beginning.
(Max Planck)

Se donner tout entier sur terre, que la mort n'est plus rien à prendre. (entendu le 20 juillet 2010 sur France Info dans la chronique de Jean-Pierre Gauffre)

Change the changeable,
accept the unchangeable,
and remove yourself from the unacceptable.
(Denis Waitley)

Lili, 3 chansons qui marquent. J'ai tilté qu'étrangement il y a 3 chansons que j'aime bien (pour les paroles mais aussi musiscalement) qui sont parlent de Lili ...

(U-Turn (Lili) from Aaron)
Lili, easy as a kiss we'll find an answer
Put all your fears back in the shade
Don't become a ghost without no colour
'Cause you're the best paint life ever made

(J'T'Aime Bien Lili from Philippe Chatel)
J't'aime bien Lili mais j'ai du mal à vivre cette vie.
Entre le silence et l'oubli, j'attends mon paradis.
T'es pas le I de mon logis, de mon abri.
Tu es le I du mot ami, du mot ennemi aussi.

(Lily from Pierre Perret)
Mais dans ton combat quotidien Lily
Tu connaîtras un type bien Lily
Et l'enfant qui naîtra un jour
Aura la couleur de l'amour

If you want to tell people the truth,
make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
(Oscar Wilde)

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.
(Alberto Nikas)

Vers la fin d'un discours extrêmement important
le grand homme d'Etat trébuchant
sur une belle phrase creuse
tombe dedans
et désemparé la bouche grande ouverte
haletant
montre les dents
et la carie dentaire de ses pacifiques raisonnements
met à vif le nerf de la guerre
la délicate question d'argent.
(Le discours sur la paix, Jacques Prévert)

By all means, marry.
If you get a good wife, you'll become happy;
if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
(Socrates)

I've had bad luck with both my wives.
The first one left me and the second one didn't.
(Patrick Murray)

I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us.
Pigs treat us as equals.
(Winston Churchill )

Pour garder une bonne perspective de sa propre importance,
chaque personne devrait avoir un chien qui l'adore
et un chat qui l'ignore.
(Dereke Bruce)

La politique, hélas ! est une jungle, trop souvent une brousse fétide, l'enchevêtrement des intérêts brouille la perspective.
(Charlotte Savary)

Et ce ne sont pas les différentes affaires en cours (Bettencourt, Woerth, ...) en France qui vont contribuer à affirmer l'inverse ...

C'est drôle comme les choses peuvent changer d'aspect, parfois, lorsqu'on les regarde d'un point de vue différent de celui sous lequel on les a toujours connues.
(Michel Tremblay)

It is only with the heart one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
(J. Paul Getty)

....
Et malgré les menaces du maître
Sous les huées des enfants prodiges
Avec des craies de toutes les couleurs
Sur le tableau noir du malheur
Il dessine le visage du bonheur.
(Le cancre - Jacques Prévert)

Moderation in all things.
(Terence)

Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
(Albert Einstein)

You can always get the truth from a politician
after he has turned seventy,
or given up all hope of the Presidency.
(Joe Moore)

In matters of style swim with the current;
In matters of principle, stand like a rock.
(Thomas Jefferson)

EnqueteFacile.com , une solution simple de gestion d’enquêtes (gratuites si moins de 100 répondants... )

Tant qu'il y a du dialogue il y a de l'espoir
... Encore que j'ai (parfois) des doutes sur cette affirmation :)

Pour prendre une décision, il faut être un nombre impair de personnes,
et trois c'est déjà trop.
(Georges Clemenceau)

Life does not cease to be funny when people die
any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
(Antoine De Saint-Exupery)

Savez-vous que ?
La Direction Générale de la Consommation, de la Concurrence et de la Répression des Fraudes (DGCCRF) n’est plus depuis le 1er janvier 2010. Elle a été intégré à la Direction Départementale de la Protection des Populations (DDPP)

Whereas Europeans generally pronounce my name the right way ('Nick-louse Veert'), Americans invariably mangle it into 'Nickel's Worth.' This is to say that Europeans call me by name, but Americans call me by value.
(Niklaus Wirth)
Merci Guy G. !

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.
(Joe Namath)

Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn people.
(Heinrich Hein)

Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.
(Eric Raymond, «The Cathedral and the Bazaar»)
Another version of GIGO (Garbage IN, Garbage OUT) ....

Success requires both urgency and patience.
Be urgent about making the effort,
and patient about seeing the results.
(Ralph Marsto)

Procrastination is like a credit card:
it's a lot of fun until you get the bill.
(Christopher Parker)

Gods dont kill people.
People with Gods kill people.
(David Viaene)

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going.
(P. J. O'Rourke)

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
(Mel Brooks)

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

(Leo Tolstoy)