C++ is like teenage sex: Everybody is talking about it all the time, only few are really doing it. -- unknown

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

[How friendly will this machine be?] Well, I don’t think it’s a matter of friendliness, because ultimately if the program is going to accomplish anything of value, it will probably be relatively complex. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

L’art qui satisfait le besoin le plus impérieux sera toujours le plus honoré. -- Charles Baudelaire, Conseils aux jeunes littérateurs.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -- Thomas Edison

That is one of the most distinctive differences between school and the real world: there is no reward for putting in a good effort. In fact, the whole concept of a "good effort" is a fake idea adults invented to encourage kids. It is not found in nature. -- Paul Graham

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

The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. –Ayn Rand

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah

An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates