When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. -- unknown
I’d rather write programs to write programs than write programs. -- Richard Sites
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
[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).
Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming. -- Donald Knuth
Processors don't get better so that they can have more free time. Processors get better so _you_ can have more free time. -- LeCamarade (freeshells.ch)
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable. ~Theodore N. Vail
Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. –Martin Luther King Jr.