Nice quotes.<p>While its "negative/funny" I'm surprised Larry Wall's famous quote about Lisp didn't make it on this list:<p><pre><code>    Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
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Here's the ref: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/7700fb02a2750032" rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/7700fb02a2...</a> (the whole thread is a good read).