If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck. -- Official definition of "duck typing"

You have to write for your audience. I would never write (1..5).map &'*2' in Java when I could write ListFactoryFactory.getListFactoryFromResource( new ResourceName('com.javax.magnitudes.integers'). setLowerBound(1).setUpperBound(5).setStep(1).applyFunctor( new Functor () { public void eval (x) { return x * 2; } })) I'm simplifying, of course, I've left out the security and logging wrappers. -- Reginald Braithwait

Some people suggest that machines would be friendlier if input could be in a natural language. But natural language is probably the worst kind of input because it can be quite ambiguous. The process of retrieving information from the computer would be so time-consuming that you would be better off spending that time getting the information directly from an expert. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them. -- Alan Perlis

Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot. -- Eric S. Raymond

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

Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. ~Lolly Daskal

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

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