Training research shows that if you get speed now you can get quality later. But if you don't get speed you will never get quality in the long run. -- Philip Greenspun
The most damaging phrase in the language is, It's always been done that way. -- Rear Admiral Grace Hopper
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. -- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832)
What do Americans look for in a car? I've heard many answers when I've asked this question. The answers include excellent safety ratings, great gas mileage, handling, and cornering ability, among others. I don't believe any of these. That's because the first principle of the Culture Code is that the only effective way to understand what people truly mean is to ignore what they say. This is not to suggest that people intentionally lie or misrepresent themselves. What it means is that, when asked direct questions about their interests and preferences, people tend to give answers they believe the questioner wants to hear. Again, this is not because they intend to mislead. It is because people respond to these questions with their cortexes, the parts of their brains that control intelligence rather than emotion or instinct. They ponder a question, they process a question, and when they deliver an answer, it is the product of deliberation. They believe they are telling the truth. A lie detector would confirm this. In most cases, however, they aren't saying what they mean. -- The culture code.
XML wasn't designed to be edited by humans on a regular basis. -- Guido van Rossum
Just like carpentry, measure twice cut once. -- Super-sizing YouTube with Python (Mike Solomon, [email protected])
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins
The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it. ~Henry Ford
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw
It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. –Abraham Lincoln