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.

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.

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.

When your language is nowhere near Turing-complete, syntactic sugar can be your friend.

If you die, angel, it means I'm already dead.

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They are more afraid of life than death.

Medicine is aptly described as an art, not a science. To this end, four different doctors may have up to four different diagnoses or prescriptions.

...fact takes no heed of human hopes.

Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

If we do not do something to help these creatures, we make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.

A stout heart, a clear conscience, and never despair.

You'll change. You'll see. Wait till you meet Mr. Right.

What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves.