To solve an interesting problem, start by finding a problem that is interesting to you.

Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires.

The workstation-class machines built by Sun and others opened up new worlds for hackers.

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse)

Smart data structures and dumb code works a lot better than the other way around.

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone).

If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you.

You cannot motivate the best people with money. Money is just a way to keep score. The best people in any field are motivated by passion.

Prototype, then polish. Get it working before you optimize it

The easiest programs to use are those which demand the least new learning from the user

When I hear the words "social responsibility," I want to reach for my gun.

knowledge is like nur, a ray of light. And light cannot come and be in a dark place. Because of that, clean your hearts and your minds, so that light can come, touch, and brighten your soul, ” -178

When you have to make a choice, think of the impact your decision may make on your calling

Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.

I'm a body builder, but I don't use weights. I use snacks. It's kind of a different building process.

Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotism are extracted without an anaesthetic.

You have to kill a lot of trees before you write anything good.

So I'm in that half-hour business where the most money is, so that eventually I feel like the people that put on the Dupont show, like maybe my artistic effort is going to be a little different.

I guess when your heart gets broken, you sort of start to see the cracks in everything.

It is so hard that one cannot really have confidence in doctors and yet cannot do without them.

I believe the Bible to be the written Word of God and to contain in it the whole rule of faith and manners.