If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

You have to write for your audience. I would never write (1..5).map &'*2' in Java when I could write ListFactoryFactory.getListFactoryFromResource( new ResourceName('com.javax.magnitudes.integers'). setLowerBound(1).setUpperBound(5).setStep(1).applyFunctor( new Functor () { public void eval (x) { return x * 2; } })) I'm simplifying, of course, I've left out the security and logging wrappers. -- Reginald Braithwait

You can’t get to version 500 if you don’t start with a version 1. -- BetterExplained.com

Since programmers create programs out of nothing, imagination is our only limitation. Thus, in the world of programming, the hero is the one who has great vision. Paul Graham is one of our contemporary heroes. He has the ability to embrace the vision, and to express it plainly. His works are my favorites, especially the ones describing language design. He explains secrets of programming, languages, and human nature that can only be learned from the hacker experience. This book shows you his great vision, and tells you the truth about the nature of hacking. -- Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto, creator of Ruby

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

A CS professor once explained recursion as follows: A child couldn't sleep, so her mother told her a story about a little frog, who couldn't sleep, so the frog's mother told her a story about a little bear, who couldn't sleep, so the bear's mother told her a story about a little weasel... who fell asleep. ...and the little bear fell asleep; ...and the little frog fell asleep; ...and the child fell asleep. -- everything2.com

You must expect great things of yourself before you can do them. ~Michael Jordan

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. –Amelia Earhart

You take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one to blame. –Erica Jong

If you genuinely want something, don’t wait for it — teach yourself to be impatient. ~Gurbaksh Chahal