I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay

Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

To follow the path: look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master. -- Modern zen Poem

Lisp is a programmable programming language. -- John Foderaro

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want. -- Cited by Randy Pausch

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. -- Larry Wall (Programming Perl)

Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions. –Dalai Lama

You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. –Wayne Gretzky

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. ~Truman Capote

Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill