"A design remedy that prevents bugs is always preferable to a test method that discovers them."

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Source : Boris Beizer (1990). “Software Testing Techniques”, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Boris Beizer

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“In 1957, 'West Side Story' had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; 'Bye Bye Birdie,' set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.”
“The Grand Ole Opry, to a country singer, is what Yankee Stadium is to a baseball player. Broadway to an actor. It's the top of the ladder, the top of the mountain. You don't just play the Opry; you live it.”
“It seems like a contradiction, but the shy person who is a performer actually does make sense, because in a way, when you're young and shy, making people laugh is a good way to make friends. It's an instant connection.”
“I didn't set out to be unusual or different. I just wanted to do things my way.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 04, 2016
“there is no gateway to maturity; there is no line that is crossed. Maturity is like a maze, one path leading to another; it is like a great building full of corridors, one turning into another. Did anybody ever reach the end, so there was a clear way ahead, so he could say, now I am rich with knowledge, now I know all the answers?”
“Get what you can with words, because words are free, but the words of an armed man ring that much sweeter.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2012). “The Heroes: A First Law Novel”, p.211, Hachette UK
“Writers in Latin America live in a reality that is extraordinarily demanding. Surprisingly, our answer to these demands protects and develops our individuality. I feel I am not alone in trying to give their voice to those who don't have it.”
“How is the world ruled and led to war? Diplomats lie to journalists and believe these lies when they see them in print.”

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