Quality of the people is better than the quality of the business idea. Crappy people can screw up the best idea in the world. -- Hadi Partovi & Ali Partovi (iLike.com), Talk at StartupSchool2007

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. -- Benjamin Franklin

That is the inevitable human response. We’re reluctant to believe that great discoveries are in the air. We want to believe that great discoveries are in our heads—and to each party in the multiple the presence of the other party is invariably cause for suspicion. -- Malcolm Gladwell, Who says big ideas are rare?

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. -- Goethe

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

Lisp programmers know the value of everything but the cost of nothing. -- Alan J. Perlis

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. –Napoleon Hill

Opportunities don’t happen, you create them. ~Chris Grosser

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. –Henry Ford

All progress takes place outside the comfort zone. ~Michael John Bobak