IronRuby Program Manager John Lam regarding JRuby's Ola Bini:

LOB: If you and Ola Bini were bungie-chorded into a steel cage supplied with mauls, chainsaws, and a copy of Bentley’s “Programming Pearls,” which of you would survive?

JL: Well, Ola is quite a bit bigger than me, so he’d likely kick my ass in a steel cage match

The amazing thing is I couldn't figure out a way to incorporate that quote into the article I'm writing.

Update: Ola refuses to take the bait, too:

OB: He would probably win. Now, if you gave me Hofstadters "Gödel, Escher, Bach" instead, I might stand a chance.

 Sheesh. What's a guy looking for something interesting to say about computer programming to do?