Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming. -- Brian Kernigan

Another feature about this guy is his low threshold of boredom. He'll pick up on a task and work frantically at it, accomplishing wonders in a short time and then get bored and drop it before its properly finished. He'll do nothing but strum his guitar and lie around in bed for several days after. Thats also part of the pattern too; periods of frenetic activity followed by periods of melancholia, withdrawal and inactivity. This is a bipolar personality. -- The bipolar lisp programmer

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

Side projects are less masturbatory than reading RSS, often more useful than MobileMe, more educational than the comments on Reddit, and usually more fun than listening to keynotes. -- Chris Wanstrath

Do not accept anything because it comes from the mouth of a respected person. -- Buddha

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. ~Pablo Picasso

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale