Linux is only free if your time has no value. -- Jamie Zawinski

Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot. If you compete with slaves you become a slave. -- Paul Graham and Norbert Weiner, respectively

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke

If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. –Les Brown

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