Its a shame that the students of our generation grew up with windows and mice because that tainted our mindset not to think in terms of powerful tools. Some of us are just so tainted that we will never recover. -- Jeffrey Mark Siskind in comp.lang.lisp

The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit. -- Anonymous

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing. -- Alan Perlis

Side projects are less masturbatory than reading RSS, often more useful than MobileMe, more educational than the comments on Reddit, and usually more fun than listening to keynotes. -- Chris Wanstrath

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

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

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. –Maya Angelou

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs. –Farrah Gray

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