…when wealth is something you’re given, then of course it seems that it should be distributed equally.

— Paul Graham, Hackers & Painters

For programs at the scope that industry generally tackles, the long-term negative of language unsuitability quickly outweighs the short-term benefit of language familiarity.

— Adam Barr, The Problem With Software

…the ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.

— David Graeber, The Utopia of Rules

Human beings are not accustomed to being perfect, and few areas of human activity demand it. Adjusting to the requirement for perfection is, I think, the most difficult part of learning to program.

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month

I thought then, and I think now, that Osama bin Laden was a near-flawless personification of the mentality of a real force: the force of Islamic jihad. And I also thought, and think now, that this force absolutely deserves to be called evil

— Christopher Hitchens, The Enemy