Philosophy: the finding of bad reasons for what one believes by instinct. -- Brave New World (paraphrased)

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.

In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? -- David (Psalm 56:4)

A little learning is a dangerous thing. -- Alexander Pope

My dream is that people adopt it on its own merits. We're not trying to bend Ruby on Rails to fit the enterprise, we're encouraging enterprises to bend to Ruby on Rails. Come if you like it, stay away if you don't. We're not going head over heels to accommodate the enterprise or to lure them away from Java. That's how you end up with Java, if you start bending to special interest groups. -- David Heinemeier Hansson (Ruby On Rails' creator)

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -- Lao­Tzu

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, I used everything you gave me. –Erma Bombeck

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. –Anais Nin

Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, “I’m possible!” –Audrey Hepburn

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