Have you ever noticed that when you sit down to write something, half the ideas that end up in it are ones you thought of while writing it? The same thing happens with software. Working to implement one idea gives you more ideas. -- Paul Graham, The other road ahead.

Well, if you talk about programming to a group of programmers who use the same language, they can become almost evangelistic about the language. They form a tight-knit community, hold to certain beliefs, and follow certain rules in their programming. It’s like a church with a programming language for a Bible. -- Gary Kildall (inventor of CP/M, one of the first OS for the micro).

Everybody makes their own fun. If you don't make it yourself, it ain't fun -- it's entertainment. -- David Mamet (as relayed by Joss Whedon)

C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. -- Scott McKay

Fools ignore complexity. Pragmatists suffer it. Some can avoid it. Geniuses remove it. -- Alan J. Perlis (Epigrams in programming)

Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. -- Frederick P. Brooks, No Sliver Bullet.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you had to overcome to reach your goals. ~Booker T. Washington

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~Jim Ryun

I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance. –Sir Claus Moser