Code is poetry. -- wordpress.org

We really have to get over the idea that some stuff is just worth knowing even if you never do anything with it. Human memories happily erase stuff that has no purpose, so why try to fill up children's heads with such stuff? -- Roger Schank, Engines for Education

Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free. -- Linus Torvalds

Its a shame that the students of our generation grew up with windows and mice because that tainted our mindset not to think in terms of powerful tools. Some of us are just so tainted that we will never recover. -- Jeffrey Mark Siskind in comp.lang.lisp

So - what are the most important problems in software engineering? I’d answer “dealing with complexity”. -- Mark Chu-Carroll

To do something well you have to love it. So to the extent you can preserve hacking as something you love, you're likely to do it well. Try to keep the sense of wonder you had about programming at age 14. If you're worried that your current job is rotting your brain, it probably is. -- Paul Graham.

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~Steve Jobs