Don't worry about what anybody else is going to do. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. -- Alan Kay

Programming is the art of figuring out what you want so precisely that even a machine can do it. -- Some guy who isn't famous

To do something well you have to love it. So to the extent you can preserve hacking as something you love, you're likely to do it well. Try to keep the sense of wonder you had about programming at age 14. If you're worried that your current job is rotting your brain, it probably is. -- Paul Graham.

640K ought to be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates, 1981

Pay attention to opportunity cost at all times. Doing one thing means not doing other things. This is a form of risk that is very easy to ignore, to your detriment. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

The problem is that small examples fail to convince, and large examples are too big to follow. -- Steve Yegge.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily. –Zig Ziglar

Teach thy tongue to say, I do not know, and thous shalt progress. –Maimonides

All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser