A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.
-- Einstein
The difference between a programmer and a designer:
"If you make a general statement, a programmer says, 'Yes, but...' while a designer says, 'Yes, and...'
Craziness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
-> Tom DeMarco, rephrasing Einstein, who said:
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
We know about as much about software quality problems as they knew about the Black Plague in the 1600s. We've seen the victims' agonies and helped burn the corpses. We don't know what causes it; we don't really know if there is only one disease. We just suffer -- and keep pouring our sewage into our water supply.
-- Tom Van Vleck
To go faster, slow down. Everybody who knows about orbital mechanics understands that.
-- Scott Cherf
Your problem is another's solution; Your solution will be his problem.
The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
-- Albert Einstein
It is not enough to do your best: you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.
-- W. Edwards Deming
A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Less good when they obey and acclaim him.
Worse when they fear and despise him.
Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you.
But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say, "We did this ourselves."
-- Lao-Tzu
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
-- Gandhi
Q: How many QA testers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: QA testers don't change anything. They just report that it's dark.
Abraham Lincoln reportedly said that, given eight hours to chop down a tree, he'd spend six sharpening his axe.
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