Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot. If you compete with slaves you become a slave. -- Paul Graham and Norbert Weiner, respectively

In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is. -- Albert Einstein

Dont give users the opportunity to lock themselves. -- unknown

Linux is only free if your time has no value. -- Jamie Zawinski

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.

I think that a lot of programmers are ignoring an important point when people talk about reducing code repetition on large projects. Part of the idea is that large projects are intrinsically *wrong*. That you should be looking at making a number of smaller projects that are composable, even if you never end up reusing one of those smaller projects elsewhere. -- Dan Nugent

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. –Leonardo da Vinci

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. –W. Clement Stone

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. ~Thomas Jefferson