I think the root of your mistake is saying that macros don't scale to larger groups. The real truth is that macros don't scale to stupider groups. -- Paul Graham, on the Lightweight Languages mailing list.

Good ideas are out there for anyone with the wit and the will to find them. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

Be the change you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi

The only problems we can really solve in a satisfactory manner are those that finally admit a nicely factored solution. -- E. W. Dijkstra, The humble programmer

The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it [Leadership]. -- Dwight D. Enseinhover.

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. -- Rear Admiral Dr. Grace Hopper

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

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. –Pablo Picasso

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. ~Maya Angelou

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. ~Denis Watiley