"In programming, itâ€™s often the buts in the specification that kill you."

-- Boris Beizer

#Programming Quotes

“Do not be like the cat who wanted a fish but was afraid to get his paws wet.”
“We've got to go to the people with bold ideas and candidates of conviction - we've got to be hotter than high school love.”
“My mom and I are like sisters. We kind of grew up together. She always treated me as an adult. I never had curfew. She's a workaholic, like I am. We're not super family-oriented people, you know?”
“Reason means truth and those who are not governed by it take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat.”
“Talk about it only enough to do it. Dream about it only enough to feel it. Think about it only enough to understand it. Contemplate it only enough to be it.”

Source : Jean Toomer (1980). “The Wayward and the Seeking: A Collection of Writings by Jean Toomer”, Washington : Howard University Press
“Whatsoever is done in charity, however small and of no reputation it be, bringeth forth good fruit.”
“It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control.”

Source : Alice Hamilton, (2013). “Exploring the Dangerous Trades - The Autobiography of Alice Hamilton, M.D.”, p.100, Read Books Ltd
“It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.”

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