I guess, when you're drunk, every woman looks beautiful and every language looks (like) a Lisp :) -- Lament, #[email protected]

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

Normality is the route to nowhere. -- Ridderstrale & Nordstorm, Funky Business

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth

The hardest part of design ... is keeping features out. -- Donald Norman

Simplicity and pragmatism beat complexity and theory any day. -- Dennis (blog comment)

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. –Teddy Roosevelt

You can’t fall if you don’t climb. But there’s no joy in living your whole life on the ground. –Unknown

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill