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

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. -- Dr. Seuss

Hence my urgent advice to all of you to reject the morals of the bestseller society and to find, to start with, your reward in your own fun. This is quite feasible, for the challenge of simplification is so fascinating that, if we do our job properly, we shall have the greatest fun in the world. -- E. W. Dijkstra, On the nature of computing science.

The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper

For complex systems, the compiler and development environment need to be in the same language that its supporting. It's the only way to grow code. -- Alan Kay

The problem is that Microsoft just has no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way. -- Steve Jobs

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

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are empty. –Unknown

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing - that’s why we recommend it daily. ~Zig Ziglar

I would rather die of passion than of boredom. –Vincent van Gogh