Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak;
courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
(Winston Churchill)

The time to change was yesterday;

the time to wake up is now.
(Judge Judy)

Les miroirs devraient bien réfléchir

avant de renvoyer certaines images.
(Jean Cocteau)

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way.
If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
(Jim Rohn)

A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.
(Michael Winner)

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
(Lao Tzu)

Ô ma box ! <> om@ boxe !

There's a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. (Morpheus in Matrix)

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
(Robertson Davies)

The shortest programmer joke: "nearly done!"

A SQL query goes into a bar,
walks up to two tables
and asks, "Can I join you?"
-- :) #joke

Let's talk turkey !

Parlons franchement !

Stop beating around the bush !

Arrête de tourner autour du pot !

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
(Nelson Mandela)

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion.
People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate,
they can be taught to love,
for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.
(Nelson Mandela)

A computer is like an Old Testament god,
with a lot of rules and no mercy.
(Joseph Campbell)

- Tu sais c’est quoi une base de données ?
- ….
- Bon, tu as une armoire chez toi ? alors tu vois les étagères ce sont les tables … etc....

(Entendu par hasard ... si cela n'est pas de la vulgarisation alors qu'est-ce que c'est ? )

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

(Mahatma Gandhi)

2 1 2 : art of brevity

Sir, What is the secret of your success?
- Two words
- And, sir, what are they?
- Good decisions.
- And how do you make good decisions?
- One word.
- And sir, what is that?
- Experience.
- And how do you get Experience?
- Two words.
- And, sir, what are they?
- Bad decisions.
(Unknown)