Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot. If you compete with slaves you become a slave. -- Paul Graham and Norbert Weiner, respectively

Revolutions come from standing on the shoulders of giants and facing in a better direction. -- 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

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

State is the root of all evil. In particular functions with side effects should be avoided. -- OO Sucks (bluetail.com)

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. -- Cicero

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins

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

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~Bruce Feirstein

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous