If I tell you I'm good, you would probably think I'm boasting. If I tell you I'm no good, you know I'm lying. -- Bruce Lee

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

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Photography is painting with light. -- Eric Hamilton

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou