Well, if you talk about programming to a group of programmers who use the same language, they can become almost evangelistic about the language. They form a tight-knit community, hold to certain beliefs, and follow certain rules in their programming. It’s like a church with a programming language for a Bible. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

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"

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

Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

Remember: you are alone. Every time you can get help from someone, it is an opportunity: you should eagerly size it. But then, promptly return to normal mode: you are alone and you must be prepared to solve every problem yourself. -- Eric KEDJI

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw

Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. ~Proverb

Good things come to people who wait, but better things come to those who go out and get them. ~Anonymous