Lisp is worth learning for the profound enlightenment experience you will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a better programmer for the rest of your days, even if you never actually use Lisp itself a lot.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

I don’t care if you’re a man or a woman, I’m still gonna be me.

If you want to succeed, you must be willing to take risks and learn from failure.

【译文】具体事务分散在地方，决策核心集中于中央。

如果你愿意，我们可以回到那个山洞。

If you're not failing occasionally, you're not pushing boundaries hard enough.

创新不仅仅是关于新的想法，而是关于有效地执行它们。