Photography is painting with light. -- Eric Hamilton

This challenge, viz. the confrontation with the programming task, is so unique that this novel experience can teach us a lot about ourselves. It should deepen our understanding of the processes of design and creation, it should give us better control over the task of organizing our thoughts. If it did not do so, to my taste we should no deserve the computer at all! It has allready taught us a few lessons, and the one I have chosen to stress in this talk is the following. We shall do a much better programming job, provided that we approach the task with a full appreciation of its tremenduous difficulty, provided that we stick to modest and elegant programming languages, provided that we respect the intrinsec limitations of the human mind and approach the task as Very Humble Programmers. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

Some may say Ruby is a bad rip-off of Lisp or Smalltalk, and I admit that. But it is nicer to ordinary people. -- Matz, LL2

In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? -- David (Psalm 56:4)

[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama

The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones that do. ~Anonymous

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale