Code is poetry. -- wordpress.org

A person won't become proficient at something until he or she has done it many times. In other words., if you want someone to be really good at building a software system, he or she will have to have built 10 or more systems of that type. -- Philip Greenspun

No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. -- Alberti

Functional programming is like describing your problem to a mathematician. Imperative programming is like giving instructions to an idiot. -- arcus, #scheme on Freenode

Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. -- Earl of Chesterfield

A person won't retain proficiency at a task unless he or she has at one time learned to perform that task very rapidly. Learning research demonstrates that the skills of people who become accurate but not fast deteriorate much sooner than the skills of people who become both accurate and fast. -- Philip Greenspun

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

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos

It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln

The best revenge is massive success. –Frank Sinatra