I would rather be an optimist and be wrong than a pessimist who proves to be right. The former sometimes wins, but never the latter. -- "Hoots"

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

The general principle for complexity design is this: Think locally, act locally. -- Richard P. Gabriel & Ron Goldman, Mob Software: The Erotic Life of Code

For complex systems, the compiler and development environment need to be in the same language that its supporting. It's the only way to grow code. -- Alan Kay

Being a programmer is the same way. The only way to be a good programmer is to write code. When you realize you haven't been writing much code lately, and it seems like all you do is brag about code you wrote in the past, and people start looking at you funny while you're shooting your mouth off, realize it's because they know. They might not even know they know, but they know. So, yes, doing what you love brings success, and by all means, throw yourself a nice big party, buy yourself a nice car, soak up the adulation of an adoring crowd. Then shut the fuck up and get back to work. -- Sincerity Theory

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live. –Mae Jemison

It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. ~Herman Melville

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing. ~Dale Carnegie

If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. –Abigail Van Buren