Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable. -- Ralph Johnson

The good thing about reinventing the wheel is that you get a round one. -- Douglas Crockford (Author of JSON and JsLint)

The greatest of all weaknesses is the fear of appearing weak. -- J. B. Bossuet, Politics from Holy Writ, 1709

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

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

What is truth? -- Pontius Pilate

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. –Steve Jobs

The starting point of all achievement is desire. ~Napolean Hill

Dream big and dare to fail. –Norman Vaughan