"Excessive or irrational schedules are probably the single most destructive influence in all of software"

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Source : Capers Jones (2008). “Applied Software Measurement: Global Analysis of Productivity and Quality”, p.403, McGraw Hill Professional

Capers Jones

#Schedules Quotes #Influence Quotes #Irrational Quotes

“Fans always ask, What did the bedroom look like? All they ever saw was Alice or Ralph going in and out.”
“I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated.”
“Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment.”
“Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once?”
“I was just thinking â€“ today is the first and last day of forever. Itâ€™s kind of hard to wrap my head around it. Even with all this extra room for wrapping.”
“I want you to stay. I never want there to be a time when we don't share space.”
“To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name.”

Source : Vachel Lindsay, Dennis Camp (1984). “The poetry of Vachel Lindsay: complete & with Lindsay's drawings”, Spoon River Poetry Pr
“But Hazael only said, "I brought you a present." Liraz took the flower, looked at it, and then a Hazael, expressionless. And then she ate it. She chewed the flower and swallowed it. "Hmm," said Hazael. "Not the usual response." "Oh, do you give flowers often?" "Yes," he said. He probably did. Hazael had a way of enjoying life in spite of the many restrictions they lived under, being soldiers, and worse, being Misbegotten. "I hope it wasn't poisonous," he said lightly. Liraz just shrugged. "There are worse ways to die.”

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