Any code of your own that you haven’t looked at for six or more months might as well have been written by someone else. -- Eagleson’s Law

If we wish to count lines of code, we should not regard them as lines produced but as lines spent. -- Edsger Dijkstra

Courage is grace under pressure. -- Ernest Hemingway

I think there’s a world market for about 5 computers. -- Thomas J. Watson, Chairman of the Board, IBM, circa 1948

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.

A charlatan makes obscure what is clear; a thinker makes clear what is obscure. -- Hugh Kingsmill

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. ~George Bernard Shaw

Either you run the day, or the day runs you. –Jim Rohn

Life is about making an impact, not making an income. --Kevin Kruse

In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. ~Jane Smiley