"What's the story? First you tell us One Class, One Responsibility, and now you are giving us a pattern with two responsibilities in one class. The Composite Pattern manages a hierarchy AND it performs operations related to Menus." --Head First Design Patterns

"There comes a time when we must refactor our code in order for it to grow. To not do so would leave us with rigid, inflexible code that has no hope of ever sprouting new life." --Head First Design Patterns

"With you as my Proxy, I'll be able to triple the amount of lunch money I can extract from friends!" --Head First Design Patterns: The Proxy Pattern

"At the beach, the Real Programmer is the one drawing flowcharts in the sand." --Unknown

"At a party, the Real Programmers are the ones in the corner talking about operating system security and how to get around it." --Unknown

"Real Programmers like Arithmetic IF statements-- they make the code more interesting." --Unknown

"Real Programmers don't use Visual programs, they program right down on the bare metal. Visual programming is for feebs who can't do system programming." --Unknown

"Real Programmers don't know how to cook. Grocery stores aren't often open at 3 a.m., so they survive on peanut crackers and coffee." --Unknown

"A Real Programmer might or might not know his wife's name. He does, however, know the entire ASCII (or EBCDIC) code table." --Unknown

"Real Programmers write programs, not documentation." --Unknown

"Real Programmers write self-modifying code, especially if they can save 20 nanoseconds in the middle of a tight loop." --Unknown

"That's the beauty of our profession, we can make things look like something they're not!" --Head First Design Patterns: The Adapter and Facade Patterns

"Real Programmers don't read manuals. Reliance on a reference manual is the hallmark of the novice and the coward." --Unknown

"Real Programmers don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are the illiterate's form of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts; look at how much good it did for them." --Unknown

"Real Programmers don't do documentation. Documentation is for simps who can't figure out the listing." --Unknown

"Real Programmers don't believe in schedules. Planners make up schedules. Managers "firm up" schedules. Frightened coders strive to meet schedules. Real Programmers ignore schedules." --Unknown

"Real Programmers disdain structured programming. Structured programming is for compulsive neurotics who were prematurely toilet trained. They wear neckties and carefully line up sharp pencils on an otherwise clear desk." --Unknown

"Experience doesn't necessarily teach anything." --Gerald M. Weinberg        

"Experience doesn't necessarily teach anything." --Gerald M. Weinberg