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

All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection. -- Butler Lampson

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. -- Seneca

Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. -- George Burns

Resume writing is just like dating, or applying for a bank loan, in that nobody wants you if you're desperate. -- Steve Yegge.

Java and C++ make you think that the new ideas are like the old ones. Java is the most distressing thing to hit computing since MS-DOS. -- Alan Kay

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy. ~Tony Robbins

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. –Arthur Ashe

It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. ~Anonymous

Dream big and dare to fail. –Norman Vaughan