Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
(Dr Seuss) #quote

Il y a dans les hommes plus de choses à admirer
que de choses à mépriser.
(Camus) #quote

In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.
(Frederick The Great) #quote

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
(Mark Twain) #quote

It is always in the midst, in the epicente, of your troubles

that you find serenity.
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery) #quote

Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, judgment difficult.
(Hippocrate, Second Law) #quote

Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
(English Proverb) #quote

Mais dans tes yeux entr'ouverts
Deux petites vagues sont restées
Démons et merveilles
Vents et marées
deux petites vagues pour me noyer.
(Jacques Prévert - Sables mouvants) #quote

Say NO – Hey man, you need a ‘To-don’t ’ List ! ... #quote

The way to get started is to stop talking and start doing.
(Walt Disney) #quote

First impressions are always right, especially when they’re bad.
(Unknown) #quote

He who asks is a fool for five minutes,
but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
(Chinese Proverb) #quote

Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
(Unknow) #quote

The smaller the understanding of the situation,
the more pretentious the form of expression.
(John Romano) #quote

Don’t look back, unless it’s a good view.
(Unknown) #quote

It's happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
(Samuel Johnson) #quote

People who don't take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year,
people who do take risks generally make about 2 big mistakes a year.
(Peter Drucker) #quote

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.
(Mark Twain) #quote

Quand on m'appelle Monsieur le Ministre,
j'ai toujours l'impression que Jack Lang va surgir derrière moi !
(Frédéric Mitterrand) #quote

Mme Thatcher est au restaurant entouré de ses ministres.

Le maître d’hôtel : Vous avez fait votre choix ?
Mme Thatcher : Un steak !
Le maître d’hôtel : Et pour les légumes !
Mme Thatcher, après avoir regardé les autres convives : Ils prendront un steak aussi !

The question is not “What is the solution?”
but “How do we live without a solution?”
(Moshe Dayan) #quote

I've been on a calendar but I have never been on time.
(Marilyn Monroe) #quote

Rien n’est plus dangereux qu’une idée, quand on n’a qu’une idée.
(Alain, Propos sur la religion, mais applicable plus généralement ...) #quote

We should keep so close to facts
that we never have to remember the second time what we said the first time.
(F. Marion Smith) #quote

Comment is free but facts are sacred.
(Charles P. Scott) #quote

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
(Spanish Proverb) #quote

Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to.
(Unknown) #quote

Life is like a game of cards.
The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.
(J.Nehru) #quote

If you can't explain it simply,
you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein) #quote

If you're not willing to risk it all,
then you don't want it bad enough.
(Unknow) #quote

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap
but by the seeds that you plant.
(Robert Louis Stevenson) #quote

Il suivait son idée. C’était une idée fixe,
et il était surpris de ne pas avancer.
(Jacques Prévert)

I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.
(Mahatma Gandhi)

You must have long term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short term failures.
(Charles C. Noble) #quote

You may be deceived if you trust too much,
but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.
(Frank Crane) #quote

Sachez vous éloigner car, lorsque vous reviendrez à votre travail, votre jugement sera plus sûr.
(Leonard de Vinci) #quote

La chute n’est pas un échec;
l’échec est de rester là où on est tombé.
(Socrate) #quote

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.
(John Kenneth Galbraith), #quote

On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
(Dilbert's rules of order)

Un père Jésuite demande son chemin à Alphonse Allais, réponse de l'humoriste : vous ne trouverez jamais mon père, c'est tout droit. #quote

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
(Confucius)

Diplomacy is the art to conceal with one hundred words
what one could say with only one word.
(Saint-John Perse)

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
(Evan Esar)

The most important thing in communication

is to hear what isn't being said.
(Peter F. Drucker)

We confess our little faults to persuade people

that we have no large ones.
(Francois de La Rochefoucauld)

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.
(Proverbe français)

There are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
(Thomas Edison)

The Obstacle is the Path.
(Zen Proverb)

Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.
(Anthony Burgess)

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)