A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei

Wear your best for your execution and stand dignified. Your last recourse against randomness is how you act — if you can’t control outcomes, you can control the elegance of your behaviour. You will always have the last word. -- Nassim Taleb

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

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. ~Dale Carnegie

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. ~Thomas A. Edison

Success is...knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others. ~ John C. Maxwell