The problem is that small examples fail to convince, and large examples are too big to follow. -- Steve Yegge.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein

Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous

Premature abstraction is an equally grevious sin as premature optimization. -- Keith Devens

In OO, it's the data that is the "important" thing: you define the class which contains member data, and only incidentally contains code for manipulating the object. In FP, it's the code that's important: you define a function which contains code for working with the data, and only incidentally define what the data is. -- almkgor, on reddit

Simplicity takes effort-- genius, even. -- Paul Graham

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed. ~Ray Goforth

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do. –Bob Dylan

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills