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

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. -- C.S. Lewis

Sound methodology can empower and liberate the creative mind; it cannot inflame or inspire the drudge. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

Be the change you want to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi

Well, if you talk about programming to a group of programmers who use the same language, they can become almost evangelistic about the language. They form a tight-knit community, hold to certain beliefs, and follow certain rules in their programming. It’s like a church with a programming language for a Bible. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. -- Benjamin Franklin

A real entrepreneur is somebody who has no safety net underneath them. ~Henry Kravis

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous

Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is. –Vince Lombardi

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. –Albert Einstein