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
The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public. -- Anonymous
Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. -- Randy Pausch
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
Attitude is no substitute for competence. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker
La connaissance d'un défaut ne l'enlève pas, elle nous torture jusqu'à sa correction. -- Daniel Lovewin (Guillaume Kpotufe)
If you want your children to turn out well, spend twice as much time with them, and half as much money. –Abigail Van Buren
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown
Don’t raise your voice, improve your argument. ~Anonymous