Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot. -- Eric S. Raymond

[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

The lesson of the story might appear to be that self-interested and ambitious people in power are often the cause of wastefulness in developing countries. But self-interested and ambitious people are in positions of power, great and small, all over the world. In many places, they are restrained by the law, the press, and democratic opposition. Cameroon's tragedy is that there is nothing to hold self-interest in check. -- Tim Harford

You can have premature generalization as well as premature optimization. -- Bjarne Stroustrup

The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein

Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. -- Ancient Eastern adage

Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. –Teddy Roosevelt

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise.~ Oscar Wilde

Do one thing every day that scares you. ~Anonymous