“A great programmer, on a roll, could create a million dollars worth of wealth in a couple weeks. A mediocre programmer over… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“The people most likely to grasp that wealth can be created are the ones who are good at making things, the craftsmen.… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
Everyone by now presumably knows about the danger of premature optimization. I think we should be just as worried about premature design… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“The government spying on people doesn’t literally make programmers write worse code. It just leads eventually to a world in which bad… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
A programming language is for thinking about programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“If you want to make money at some point, remember this, because this is one of the reasons startups win. Big companies… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“There is all the more reason for startups to write Web-based software now, because writing desktop software has become a lot less… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“As for building something users love, here are some general tips. Start by making something clean and simple that you would want… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“I don’t predict the demise of object-oriented programming, by the way. Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code.” — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“Object-oriented programming offers a sustainable way to write spaghetti code. It lets you accrete programs as a series of patches.” — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“If you can’t find ten Lisp hackers, then your company is probably based in the wrong city for developing software” — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“And the reason everyone doesn’t use Listp is that programming languages are not merely technologies, but habits of mind as well, and… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“I'm not saying there's no such thing as genius. But if you're trying to choose between two theories and one gives you an excuse… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“This is a good plan for life in general. If you have two choices, choose the harder. If you're trying to decide whether to… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“When I was a kid I was constantly being told to look at things from someone else’s point of view. What this always meant… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
You know your business model is broken when you're suing your customers. — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“Hackers are unruly. That is the essence of hacking. And it is also the essence of Americanness. It is no accident that Silicon Valley… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“We often like to think of World War II as a triumph of freedom over totalitarianism. We conveniently forget that the Soviet Union was… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
It's hard to say exactly what it is about face-to-face contact that makes deals happen, but whatever it is, it hasn't yet been duplicated… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
One startup I dream of funding is the one that kills the record companies. — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“It’s easier to get people to fight for an idea. And whichever side wins, their ideas will also be considered to have triumphed, as… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“Could civil liberties really be a cause, rather than just an effect? I think so. I think a society in which people can do… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
“A great programmer, on a roll, could create a million dollars worth of wealth in a couple weeks. A mediocre programmer over the same… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
We don't have to go that far to sell our beer because our immediate accounts sell so much. Places that sold 10 cases before,… — Paul Graham Copy Share Image
