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)

Good work is no done by ‘humble’ men. -- H. Hardy, A mathematician's apology.

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

It was Edison who said ‘1% inspiration, 99% perspiration’. That may have been true a hundred years ago. These days it's ‘0.01% inspiration, 99.99% perspiration’, and the inspiration is the easy part. -- Linux Torvalds

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

You can’t get to version 500 if you don’t start with a version 1. -- BetterExplained.com

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. –Benjamin Franklin

A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done. ~Vince Lombardi

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

Whenever you see a successful person you only see the public glories, never the private sacrifices to reach them. ~Vaibhav Shah