Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them. -- Alfred North Whitehead (Introduction to Mathematics)

Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. -- Thomas Edison

Courage is grace under pressure. -- Ernest Hemingway

Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

Training research shows that if you get speed now you can get quality later. But if you don't get speed you will never get quality in the long run. -- Philip Greenspun

The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you get a round one. -- Douglas Crockford (Author of JSON and JsLint)

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~Dale Carnegie