I liked these quotes and was surprised to see the negative response.

Sed Itious' comment seems to attack Graham on a personal level, like for being a "tedious ex-nerd" or having "bubbling narcissism", even linking him to racism somehow. Is all this about some issue with Paul Graham's personality that I'm not aware of, or did people sincerely not relate to the quotes? They don't seem that different from the inspirational soundbytes usually upvoted here.