So the mere constraint of staying in regular contact with us will push you to make things happen, because otherwise you'll be embarrassed to tell us that you haven't done anything new since the last time we talked. -- Paul Graham (a talk at Y Combinator, for startup creators).

Remember, always be yourself ... unless you suck! -- Joss Whedon

It is said that the real winner is the one who lives in today but able to see tomorrow. -- Juan Meng, Reviewing "The future of ideas" by Lawrence Lessig

Simple things should be simple. Complex things should be possible. -- Alan Kay

There are many ways to avoid success in life, but the most sure-fire just might be procrastination. -- Hara Estroff Marano.

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

The best reason to start an organization is to make meaning; to create a product or service to make the world a better place. ~Guy Kawasaki

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary. ~Vidal Sassoon

An unexamined life is not worth living. –Socrates

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. –Plato