Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot. -- Eric S. Raymond

If something isn’t working, you need to look back and figure out what got you excited in the first place. -- David Gorman (ImThere.com)

If there is a will, there is a way. -- unknown

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

It's like a condom; I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. -- some chick in Alien vs. Predator, when asked why she always carries a gun

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

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. ~Thomas Jefferson

No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.~ Anatole France

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on. –Sheryl Sandberg