I find it amazing how certain quotes stick with you over a much longer period of time then they probably should. Allow me to give two examples. The first is an oft-repeated phrase spoken by Yoda in the second (or fifth, depending on your numbering system) Star Wars movie: "Try not. Do or do not. There is no try'
Yeah, I know. I simultaneously dated myself and added a geek label to my business card.
The second quote is a little more professional and, unfortunately, I don't know the origin. "Debugging is the process of discovering how many invalid assumptions you made during the design and implementation of your program".
While cruising my blog roll today, I came across this post from Ted Neward that links these two apparently unrelated quotes. Nice work and something to keep in mind the next time you're faced with a challenging problem in your code.