Paul Graham

"There's no switch inside you that magically flips when you turn a certain age or graduate from some institution. You start being an adult when you decide to take responsibility for your life. You can …"

"A programming language is for thinking of programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of."

"One thing that leads us astray here is that the selector seems to be in a position of power. That makes him seem like a judge. If you regard someone judging you as a customer instead of a judge, the e…"

"Consulting is where product companies go to die."

"Being mean makes you stupid. That's why I hate fights. You never do your best work in a fight, because fights are not sufficiently general. Winning is always a function of the situation and the people…"

"The most dangerous form of procrastination is unacknowledged type-B procrastination , because it doesn't feel like procrastination. You're "getting things done." Just the wrong things."

"Nerds aren't losers. They're just playing a different game, and a game much closer to the one played in the real world."

"It's not so important what you work on, so long as you're not wasting your time. Work on things that interest you and increase your options, and worry later about which you'll take."