"When in doubt, leave it out."

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Source : "Joshua Bloch: A conversation about design". Interview with Bill Venners, www.javaworld.com. January 4, 2002.

Joshua Bloch

#Doubt Quotes #Programming Quotes

“[The Muse of our Fiction of the future] will lead you - if you are humble and honest with her - straight into a World of Working Men, crude of speech, swift of action, strong of passion, straight to the heart of a new life.”
“So much interviewing these days is about the presenter - I?m a clever boy, I?m going to be smart with people; or it?s a trivial - how do you like your eggs boiled?”
“Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety.”
“You can't just place a few "Buy" buttons on your website and expect your visitors to buy.”
“On the strength of strong public support, I will have (the postal reform bills) passed within this session,”
“Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road-- Only wakes upon the sea. Caminante, son tus huellas el camino, y nada mÃ¡s; caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace camino, y al volver la vista atrÃ¡s se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante, no hay camino, sino estelas en la mar.”
“When I play ball, I play hardball.”
“If I find the constitution being misused, I shall be the first to burn it.”

Source : "Political Science for Civil Services Main Examination". Book by N.D. Arora, 2010.

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