Gene Kim famous quotes

Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily work.
-- Gene Kim

#Important #Daily Work

To tell the truth is an act of love. To withhold the truth is an act of hate. Or worse, apathy.
-- Gene Kim

#Hate #Apathy #Telling The Truth

A great team doesn’t mean that they had the smartest people. What made those teams great is that everyone trusted one another. It can be a powerful thing when that magic dynamic exists.
-- Gene Kim

#Powerful #Team #Mean

Remember, it goes beyond reducing WIP. Being able to take needless work out of the system is more important than being able to put more work into the system.
-- Gene Kim

#Work Out #Important #Able

It’s not the upfront capital that kills you, it’s the operations and maintenance on the back end.
-- Gene Kim

#Maintenance #Ends #Operations

The status quo (of development) pre-ordains failure from the very beginning.
-- Gene Kim

#Development #Status Quo

A great team doesn’t mean that they had the smartest people. What made those teams great is that everyone trusted one another. It can be a powerful thing when that magic dynamic exists.
-- Gene Kim

#Powerful #Team #Mean

It’s not the upfront capital that kills you, it’s the operations and maintenance on the back end.
-- Gene Kim

#Maintenance #Ends #Operations

Your career, interests and relationships are important, but they are only important insofar as they lead you toward a deeper understanding of yourself. Otherwise, they are irrelevant.

When something important is going on, silence is a lie.

The search is more important than the destination

When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.

It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. 'The West Wing' isn't meant to be good for you.

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.

It seemed that we loved each other better when there were large swaths of two continents between us. The daily work of love was often hard to perform at home.

Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily work.

How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her daily work.