Training research shows that if you get speed now you can get quality later. But if you don't get speed you will never get quality in the long run. -- Philip Greenspun

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple. -- Grady Booch

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

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

Normality is the route to nowhere. -- Ridderstrale & Nordstorm, Funky Business

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (attributed)

There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. –Aristotle

You can never cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. –Christopher Columbus

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

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. –Dalai Lama