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

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -- Earl of Chesterfield

Lisp is a programmable programming language. -- John Foderaro

Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable. -- Ralph Johnson

Have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something, half the ideas that end up in it are ones you thought of while writing it? The same thing happens with software. Working to implement one idea gives you more ideas. -- Paul Graham, The other road ahead.

I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

Your problem isn’t the problem. Your reaction is the problem. ~Anonymous