Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. -- Galileo Galilei

Simple things should be simple. Complex things should be possible. -- Alan Kay

I'm always happy to trade performance for readability as long as the former isn't already scarce. -- Crayz (Commentor on blog.raganwald.com)

Have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something, half the ideas that end up in it are ones you thought of while writing it? The same thing happens with software. Working to implement one idea gives you more ideas. -- Paul Graham, The other road ahead.

It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. -- John Von Neumann, circa 1949

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

Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. –Jesus

Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out. ~John Wooden

Eighty percent of success is showing up. –Woody Allen