For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. -- Aristotle.

Only bad designers blame their failings on the users. -- unknown

I was talking recently to a friend who teaches at MIT. His field is hot now and every year he is inundated by applications from would-be graduate students. "A lot of them seem smart," he said. "What I can't tell is whether they have any kind of taste." -- Paul Graham

Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)

Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot. -- Eric S. Raymond

Some may say Ruby is a bad rip-off of Lisp or Smalltalk, and I admit that. But it is nicer to ordinary people. -- Matz, LL2

Dream big and dare to fail. –Norman Vaughan

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

To be successful you must accept all challenges that come your way. You can’t just accept the ones you like. ~Mike Gafka

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. –Alice Walker