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

Humans aren't rational -- they rationalize. And I don't just mean "some of them" or "other people". I'm talking about everyone. We have a "logic engine" in our brains, but for the most part, it's not the one in the driver's seat -- instead it operates after the fact, generating rationalizations and excuses for our behavior. -- Paul Buchheit

Good artists copy. Great artists steal. -- Pablo Picasso

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).

The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. -- Elie Wiesel

The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit. -- Anonymous

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try. –Beverly Sills

I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse. –Florence Nightingale

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ~John D. Rockefeller