Good programmers use their brains, but good guidelines save us having to think out every case. -- Francis Glassborow

Attitude is no substitute for competence. -- Eric S. Raymond, How to become a hacker

I guess, when you're drunk, every woman looks beautiful and every language looks (like) a Lisp :) -- Lament, #[email protected]

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.

Sometimes a man with too broad a perspective reveals himself as having no real perspective at all. A man who tries too hard to see every side may be a man who is trying to avoid choosing any side. A man who tries too hard to seek a deeper truth may be trying to hide from the truth he already knows. That is not a sign of intellectual sophistication and "great thinking". It is a demonstration of moral degeneracy and cowardice. -- Steven Den Beste

Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programmi ng)

If the wind will not serve, take to the oars. –Latin Proverb

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. ~Bruce Lee

No masterpiece was ever created by a lazy artist.~ Anonymous

The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person who is doing it. –Chinese Proverb