If something isn’t working, you need to look back and figure out what got you excited in the first place. -- David Gorman (ImThere.com)

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein

Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable. -- Ralph Johnson

To do something well you have to love it. So to the extent you can preserve hacking as something you love, you're likely to do it well. Try to keep the sense of wonder you had about programming at age 14. If you're worried that your current job is rotting your brain, it probably is. -- Paul Graham.

Within a computer natural language is unnatural. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda

Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. –Babe Ruth

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale