A bit of tolerance is worth a megabyte of flamming.
C++ is the best example of second-system effect since OS/360.
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Altruism is a fine motive, but if you want results, greed works much better.
Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals.
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.