Often people, especially computer engineers, focus on the machines. But in fact we need to focus on humans, on how humans care about doing programming or operating the application of the machines.

Smart people underestimate the ordinarity of ordinary people.

I hope to see Ruby help every programmer in the world to be productive, and to enjoy programming, and to be happy. That is the primary purpose of Ruby language.

Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software.

It is not the responsibility of the language to force good looking code, but the language should make good looking code possible.

Plant a memory, plant a tree, do it today for tomorrow.

The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.

From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.

I believe consistency and orthogonality are tools of design, not the primary goal in design.

You are so beautiful, I could eat you, ” he said.And it was true. Her smile was as intoxicating as the wine.And he could eat her.

You seem to be holding up rather well under the burden of the world's troubles. How do you do it?

Life can't defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer's lover until death.

If your fridge is full this Christmas, use nature's refrigerator - your car!

I like the Whisky old an the women young

Most of America don't even listen to music probably. They just go raccoon hunting or something.

Learn to help people with more than just their jobs: help them with their lives.

I want it to be better than okay. You deserve better than okay.

I am too strong to break so easily, and I become better, sharper, every time I touch him.

And my life went to pieces, like a love letter in the rain.