The problem is that small examples fail to convince, and large examples are too big to follow. -- Steve Yegge.

A society that puts equality -- in the sense of equality of outcome -- ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom. The use of force to achieve equality will destroy freedom, and the force, introduced for good purposes, will end up in the hands of people who use it to promote their own interests. -- Milton Friedman (Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions, p130)

Being a programmer is the same way. The only way to be a good programmer is to write code. When you realize you haven't been writing much code lately, and it seems like all you do is brag about code you wrote in the past, and people start looking at you funny while you're shooting your mouth off, realize it's because they know. They might not even know they know, but they know. So, yes, doing what you love brings success, and by all means, throw yourself a nice big party, buy yourself a nice car, soak up the adulation of an adoring crowd. Then shut the fuck up and get back to work. -- Sincerity Theory

A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Any fool can make the simple complex, only a smart person can make the complex simple. -- unknown

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. -- Arthur C. Clarke

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

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. –Anne Frank

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life. ~Dr. APJ Kalam