Functional programming is like describing your problem to a mathematician. Imperative programming is like giving instructions to an idiot. -- arcus, #scheme on Freenode

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. -- Sherlock Holmes

To iterate is human, to recurse divine. -- L. Peter Deutsch

Always dive down into a problem and get your hands on the deepest issue behind the problem. All other considerations are to dismissed as "engineering details"; they can be sorted out after the basic problem has been solved. -- Chris Crawford

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

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

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

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser

Successful entrepreneurs are givers and not takers of positive energy. ~Anonymous