"I kind of think of engineering like the chefs at a restaurant. Nobody's going to deny chefs are integrally important, but there's also so many other people who contribute to a great meal."

-- Ben Silbermann

#Thinking Quotes #Engineering Quotes #People Quotes

“The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You see, it keeps on opening. You may fall in. Sure, it's hard to get started; remember learning to use knife and fork? Dig in: you'll never reach bottom. It's not like it's the end of the world -- just the world as you think you know it.”
“Hello and good-bye are not as simple as everyone thinks.”

Source : Cecil Castellucci (2011). “First Day on Earth”, p.71, Scholastic Inc.
“A miracle is a single mom who works two jobs to care for her kids and still helps them with their homework at night. A miracle is a child donating all the money in their piggy bank to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. That's where you'll find the hand and face of God.”

Source : Cathie Linz (2006). “Good Girls Do”, p.85, Penguin
“Design Patterns - Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software”

Source : Erich Gamma (2004). “Entwurfsmuster: Elemente wiederverwendbarer objektorientierter Software”, p.11, Pearson Deutschland GmbH
“writers who go outside the lines when they draw pictures of the world are seldom rewarded for their efforts.”

Source : Jennifer Stone (1992). “Telegraph Avenue then”, Regent Pr
“Congress is the third branch of government... which makes every one of the 535 members of Congress 1/535th of that important one-third, which works out to, hmmm, well, someone else can do the math. You wouldn't think such little wheels could make so much noise.”
“I have weird aspirations. Like, I really want to kick a pigeon.”
“Music has to be written while people are still excited about a particular melodic or rhythmic sequence. The idea doesn't come out the same if we're not really excited about it.”

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