While I’ve always appreciated beautiful code, I share Jonathan’s concern about studying it too much. I think studying beauty in music and painting has led us to modern classical music and painting that the majority of us just don’t get. Beauty can be seen when it emerges, but isn’t something to strive for in isolation of a larger context. In the software world, the larger context would be the utility of the software to the end user. -- [A comment on a blog]

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not so sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein

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).

When your enemy is making a very serious mistake, don't be impolite and disturb him. -- Napoleon Bonaparte (allegedly)

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -- Earl of Chesterfield

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.

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. –John Lennon

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

Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. –Eleanor Roosevelt

Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value. ~Albert Einstein