But what is it good for? -- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (attributed)

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs, while the Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning. -- Rich Cook

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

I had to learn how to teach less, so that more could be learned. -- Tim Gallwey, The inner game of work

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

There are no traffic jams along the extra mile. –Roger Staubach

The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success. ~Bruce Feirstein

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

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction. ~George Lorimer