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

Good ideas are out there for anyone with the wit and the will to find them. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

All creativity is an extended form of a joke. -- Alan Kay

Argue with idiots, and you become an idiot. If you compete with slaves you become a slave. -- Paul Graham and Norbert Weiner, respectively

We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. -- Donald Knuth

Simplicity takes effort-- genius, even. -- Paul Graham

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu

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

What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. ~Anonymous

The best revenge is massive success. –Frank Sinatra