When it comes to complex systems and interdependencies, moving quickly is just optics. It’s methodical movement that gets the job done.

— Will Larson and Tanya Reilly, Staff Engineer

A hacker would consider being asked to write add x to y giving z instead of z = x + y as something between an insult to his intelligence and a sin against God.

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters

…you can’t expect educators, employers, or even friends to motivate you to learn something.

— Jonathan A. Levi, The Only Skill That Matters

We don’t even need guards anymore. We love being prisoners so much, we just think the bars are there to keep us safe.

— Gene Kim, The Unicorn Project

…nature has to be corrected and guided, otherwise we’d all drown in prejudices.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment