"It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it."

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Source : Steve McConnell (2004). “Code Complete”, p.267, Pearson Education

Steve McConnell

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“People are terrible. They can bear anything. Anything! People are hard and brutal. And everyone is disposable. Everyone! That's the lesson.”
“I have noticed a marked improvement in FEMA and with the coordination of FEMA and the State agencies.”
“Veterans get priority in the training room and better parking, but there is not a whole lot of difference in terms of how they're treated in the competition for playing time. To me it doesn't matter if a guy is a 10-year veteran or a rookie. If the rookie is better, he finds his way onto the field.”
“I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.”
“I'm Jewish and my wife isn't so right now we're literally decorating a Christmas tree with Jewish stars draped around it.”

Source : "The GQA: Max Greenfield". Interview with Lauren Bans, www.gq.com. January 10, 2011.
“Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.”
“All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.”
“Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.”

Source : Amitai Etzioni (1993). “The spirit of community: rights, responsibilities, and the communitarian agenda”, Crown

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