Lisp has jokingly been called "the most intelligent way to misuse a computer". I think that description is a great compliment because it transmits the full flavor of liberation: it has assisted a number of our most gifted fellow humans in thinking previously impossible thoughts. -- Edsger Dijkstra, CACM, 15:10

No matter how much you plan you’re likely to get half wrong anyway. So don’t do the ‘paralysis through analysis’ thing. That only slows progress and saps morale. -- 37 Signal, Getting real

Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are rare, much rarer than you think... -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb, "The Black Swan".

A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer. -- Bill Gates

You can recognize truth by its beauty and simplicity. When you get it right, it is obvious that it is right. -- Richard Feynman

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

If you don’t value your time, neither will others. Stop giving away your time and talents- start charging for it. ~Kim Garst

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. –Stephen Covey

Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart. – Ancient Indian Proverb

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others. ~Bill Gates