Lisp programmers know the value of everything but the cost of nothing. -- Alan J. Perlis

Opportunities that present themselves to you are the consequence -- at least partially -- of being in the right place at the right time. They tend to present themselves when you're not expecting it -- and often when you are engaged in other activities that would seem to preclude you from pursuing them. And they come and go quickly -- if you don't jump all over an opportunity, someone else generally will and it will vanish. -- Marc Andreessen (http://blog.pmarca.com/)

Good artists copy. Great artists steal. -- Pablo Picasso

Bonne bosse et reste le boss. -- Darryl Amedon

Computer science education cannot make anybody an expert programmer any more than studying brushes and pigment can make somebody an expert painter. -- Eric Raymond

A hacker on a roll may be able to produce–in a period of a few months–something that a small development group (say, 7-8 people) would have a hard time getting together over a year. IBM used to report that certain programmers might be as much as 100 times as productive as other workers, or more. -- Peter Seebach

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt