Everything that can be invented has been invented. -- Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899
You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right. -- Richard Feynman
Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com
All creativity is an extended form of a joke. -- Alan Kay
Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei
The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. ~Mark Caine
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. ~Washington Irving
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous