bookmarks/QUOTES.md

* Good code needs motivation, shitty code just needs time.
* Choosing a language because it has cheaper developers is like building your house with Lego so you can hire anyone as a construction worker.
* I cannot fix that bug... I'm busy writing a new one.
* CI is a practice, not a tool, and requires discipline from the development team.
* Red is the new green
* Do it, with <insert the name of a CI/CD tool here>, there is no try
* It doesn't matter who you are, only what you will become
* If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture
* Truth can only be found in one place: the code
* Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. - Richard Feynman
* Let's clarify : Jira is not Agile, Open Source is not Free, Using cloud is not DevOps, Rituals is not Scrum, Developed is not Done" Lemi Orhan Ergin. [Source](https://twitter.com/lemiorhan/status/859158123722010628)
* Software being 'Done' is like lawn being 'Mowed'. - Jim Benson
* React to someone's mistake and you are part of the problem. Support and help them, and you are part of the solution.
* Ask a programmer to review 10 lines of code, he'll find 10 issues. Ask him to do 500 lines and he'll say it looks good. [Source](https://twitter.com/girayozil/statuses/306836785739210752)
* In my experience teams that don't do scrum 'properly' work better. They focus more on their productivity than getting the process right - [Daniel Grant](https://twitter.com/djgrant_/statuses/436536267330039809)
* One bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year - David Parnas
* How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to waste time: social media. - [Matt Haig](https://twitter.com/matthaig1/statuses/450238719858323456)
* Sometimes it seems like 80% of my job is convincing decision makers to listen to the people who work for them. - [Jesse James Garrett](https://twitter.com/jjg/statuses/474987558154153984)
* Software developers think their job is writing code. But it's not. Their job is to solve the customer's problem. [Billy Hollis](https://blog.codinghorror.com/can-your-team-pass-the-elevator-test/) + [Video] [Billy Hollis - CodeHeads Anonymous](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGsw_k8JhY)
* It's not about being first to market, it's about being the best. / It's Never Too Late / Just do it better. [The Next Web](https://twitter.com/Shaun_Springer/statuses/498529232545669121)
* The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. - Edsger W. Dijkstra
* Le talent ça n'existe pas. Le talent c'est avoir envie de faire quelque chose / Talent does not exist. Talent is only hard work . - [Jacques Brel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ylq9CU2lg)
* Le succès vient souvent d’un faux pas dans la bonne direction.  / Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction - Al Bernstein
* [NUS Computing](http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~damithch/pages/SE-quotes.htm?type=bestQuotes) - Quotes for Software Engineers
* I have a feeling that each task I strike off on my todo list gives birth to a few more tasks. - [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/status/526145900515962880)
* Poor quality code is a reflection of lack of respect we carry for what we do, often with out realizing it. [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/statuses/521625754485157889)
* Solving problems you probably don’t have creates more problems you definitely do - [Mike Acton](https://www.slideshare.net/cellperformance/data-oriented-design-and-c)
* Enemies of creativity: 1 desire to please all 2 big ego 3 self-doubt 4 control 5 fear of failure 6 process rigor 7 impatience 8 abundance. - [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538067497023311872)
* Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. - [Richard Branson](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538086077861748736)
* Pour avoir l'attention de qqn il suffit de crier dans son oreille - [Toby Cooper](https://twitter.com/tkoopa/statuses/532992339003068416)
* Punctuality is something you regret when everyone else does not care and is late / La ponctualité c'est un truc que tu regrettes quand t'es le seul con à être arrivé à l'heure au rendez-vous - [MorganGeek](https://twitter.com/MorganGeek/statuses/537579386778959873)
* The backlog is a tool for development, not planning. Throw it away monthly. If you fear forgetting something, it's prob. not that important. - [Mike Veerman](https://twitter.com/mikeveerman/status/920274432148561920)
* Your organisation should be adapted to your product, not the other way around. - [Mike Veerman](https://twitter.com/mikeveerman/status/920937671287066624)
* “Employees don’t quit companies; they quit managers.” Yes, and they also _stay on_ for managers. Let great managers leave at your peril. - [Jochen Wolters](https://twitter.com/jochenWolters/status/918685909549178882)
* Technology is the easy part of automation. - [Mike Veerman](https://twitter.com/mikeveerman/status/921439736107098115)
* A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked - [John Gall](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/statuses/537307993151246336)
* If someone tell you he understand your build process, you probably have to explain him better / Si quelqu'un comprend notre processus de build, c'est qu'on lui a pas bien expliqué.... [MorganGeek](https://twitter.com/MorganGeek/statuses/537192681609658368)
* "Your idea is better, but we're going to ignore it, since that's not the way we've always done it," said no good leader, ever. - [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/537080571693105152)
* Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good. - [Malcolm Gladwell](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/537075225352212480)
* You are not a team because you work together. You are a team because you trust, respect and care for each other. [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/536976229828952064)
* If something is taboo, it's probably worth discussing. - [Daily Zen](https://twitter.com/dailyzen/statuses/536700792435376128)
* People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily - [Zig Ziglar](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/status/536549776687628289)
* "Surprise in movies and novels is good. Surprise in computer code is bad" - [Patrick Burns](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/statuses/534330650355306496)
* A good professional places quality over quantity - [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/statuses/533987853379047424)
* The most impressive people I know are almost never mean, and the meanest people I know are almost never impressive. - [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg/statuses/533813744128647169)
* Innovation does not require a plan, it requires courage / L'innovation c'est une désobéissance, pas un plan - [Pierre Pezziardi](https://twitter.com/vallettea/statuses/527815924070748160)
* The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated / On peut juger la grandeur et la valeur morale d'une nation à la façon dont elle traite ses animaux - [Gandhi](https://twitter.com/monde_biodi/statuses/544574581986840576)
* Sometimes, change is what we need most
* If you're struggling and your people are just sitting there watching you struggle... They aren't your people
* "Why are you so quiet ?" Because I am. That's how I function. I don't ask others "Why are you so noisy ? Why do you talk so much ?" It's rude.
* Sometimes the reason things are not happening to you is because you are the good thing that needs to happen to other people.
* It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad - [Charles Eames](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/statuses/542409128274956288)
* Dealing with other people, that's the easy part. Dealing with yourself is a relentless task that only ends when you do. - [Jeff Atwood](https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/916539378398146560)
* Don't wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect. - [Zoey Sayward](https://twitter.com/wealthbits/statuses/542490804535566336)
* Good design is not about making everything flexible. It's about making the right things flexible. - [John D. Cook](https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/02/18/what-to-make-flexible/)
-												one more quote
											
										
										
											2017-05-28 15:09:26 +00:00
+								* Good code needs motivation, shitty code just needs time.
 								* Choosing a language because it has cheaper developers is like building your house with Lego so you can hire anyone as a construction worker.
-												add some quote from a Atlassian presentation

source : https://www.slideshare.net/GoAtlassian/game-of-codes-the-battle-for-ci
											
										
										
											2017-06-03 05:58:44 +00:00
+								* I cannot fix that bug... I'm busy writing a new one.
 								* CI is a practice, not a tool, and requires discipline from the development team.
 								* Red is the new green
 								* Do it, with <insert the name of a CI/CD tool here>, there is no try
-												Add quote heard on "hep taxi", belgian tv show
											
										
										
											2017-06-04 19:23:20 +00:00
+								* It doesn't matter who you are, only what you will become
-												quotes from #OOP2017

https://twitter.com/danielbryantuk/status/826473861172645889
											
										
										
											2017-06-05 17:51:29 +00:00
+								* If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture
-												fix newline (error was introduced on mobile)
											
										
										
											2017-06-06 09:57:35 +00:00
+								* Truth can only be found in one place: the code
-												add quote source. remove useless syntax
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 17:28:58 +00:00
+								* Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. - Richard Feynman
 								* Let's clarify : Jira is not Agile, Open Source is not Free, Using cloud is not DevOps, Rituals is not Scrum, Developed is not Done" Lemi Orhan Ergin. [Source](https://twitter.com/lemiorhan/status/859158123722010628)
 								* Software being 'Done' is like lawn being 'Mowed'. - Jim Benson
-												Update QUOTES.md
											
										
										
											2017-07-27 17:20:03 +00:00
+								* React to someone's mistake and you are part of the problem. Support and help them, and you are part of the solution.
-												add quote source. remove useless syntax
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 17:28:58 +00:00
+								* Ask a programmer to review 10 lines of code, he'll find 10 issues. Ask him to do 500 lines and he'll say it looks good. [Source](https://twitter.com/girayozil/statuses/306836785739210752)
-												fix quote source
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 20:34:53 +00:00
+								* In my experience teams that don't do scrum 'properly' work better. They focus more on their productivity than getting the process right - [Daniel Grant](https://twitter.com/djgrant_/statuses/436536267330039809)
-												David Parnas quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-08 20:58:28 +00:00
+								* One bad programmer can easily create two new jobs a year - David Parnas
-												Matt Haig quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-09 05:16:32 +00:00
+								* How to stop time: kiss. How to travel in time: read. How to escape time: music. How to feel time: write. How to waste time: social media. - [Matt Haig](https://twitter.com/matthaig1/statuses/450238719858323456)
-												Jesse James Garrett‏ quote about decision makers
											
										
										
											2017-10-09 17:51:31 +00:00
+								* Sometimes it seems like 80% of my job is convincing decision makers to listen to the people who work for them. - [Jesse James Garrett](https://twitter.com/jjg/statuses/474987558154153984)
-												Billy Hollis quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:17:29 +00:00
+								* Software developers think their job is writing code. But it's not. Their job is to solve the customer's problem. [Billy Hollis](https://blog.codinghorror.com/can-your-team-pass-the-elevator-test/) + [Video] [Billy Hollis - CodeHeads Anonymous](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiGsw_k8JhY)
-												TNW / The Next Web quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:31:37 +00:00
+								* It's not about being first to market, it's about being the best. / It's Never Too Late / Just do it better. [The Next Web](https://twitter.com/Shaun_Springer/statuses/498529232545669121)
-												Edsger W. Dijkstra quote on abstraction
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:36:34 +00:00
+								* The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise. - Edsger W. Dijkstra
-												Jacques brel quote on talent
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 07:50:04 +00:00
+								* Le talent ça n'existe pas. Le talent c'est avoir envie de faire quelque chose / Talent does not exist. Talent is only hard work . - [Jacques Brel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_ylq9CU2lg)
-												Al Bernstein translated quote
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 08:29:27 +00:00
+								* Le succès vient souvent d’un faux pas dans la bonne direction.  / Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction - Al Bernstein
-												quotes for software engineers
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 08:46:33 +00:00
+								* [NUS Computing](http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~damithch/pages/SE-quotes.htm?type=bestQuotes) - Quotes for Software Engineers
-												Venkat Subramaniam about todo lists / to do's
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 12:03:47 +00:00
+								* I have a feeling that each task I strike off on my todo list gives birth to a few more tasks. - [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/status/526145900515962880)
-												Venkat Subramaniam on poor quality code
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 12:10:04 +00:00
+								* Poor quality code is a reflection of lack of respect we carry for what we do, often with out realizing it. [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/statuses/521625754485157889)
-												Mike Acton quote on solving problems
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 12:20:29 +00:00
+								* Solving problems you probably don’t have creates more problems you definitely do - [Mike Acton](https://www.slideshare.net/cellperformance/data-oriented-design-and-c)
-												Vala Afshar quote about creativity
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 18:40:09 +00:00
+								* Enemies of creativity: 1 desire to please all 2 big ego 3 self-doubt 4 control 5 fear of failure 6 process rigor 7 impatience 8 abundance. - [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538067497023311872)
-												Richard Branson quote on people loyalty at work
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 18:46:51 +00:00
+								* Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. - [Richard Branson](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/538086077861748736)
-												Toby Cooper funny quote on getting ppl attention
											
										
										
											2017-10-10 19:00:04 +00:00
+								* Pour avoir l'attention de qqn il suffit de crier dans son oreille - [Toby Cooper](https://twitter.com/tkoopa/statuses/532992339003068416)
-												personal quote on punctuality
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:28:09 +00:00
+								* Punctuality is something you regret when everyone else does not care and is late / La ponctualité c'est un truc que tu regrettes quand t'es le seul con à être arrivé à l'heure au rendez-vous - [MorganGeek](https://twitter.com/MorganGeek/statuses/537579386778959873)
-												formatting quotes
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:32:27 +00:00
+								* The backlog is a tool for development, not planning. Throw it away monthly. If you fear forgetting something, it's prob. not that important. - [Mike Veerman](https://twitter.com/mikeveerman/status/920274432148561920)
 								* Your organisation should be adapted to your product, not the other way around. - [Mike Veerman](https://twitter.com/mikeveerman/status/920937671287066624)
 								* “Employees don’t quit companies; they quit managers.” Yes, and they also _stay on_ for managers. Let great managers leave at your peril. - [Jochen Wolters](https://twitter.com/jochenWolters/status/918685909549178882)
 								* Technology is the easy part of automation. - [Mike Veerman](https://twitter.com/mikeveerman/status/921439736107098115)
-												John Gall on working software
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:39:17 +00:00
+								* A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked - [John Gall](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/statuses/537307993151246336)
-												personal humoristic quote on build complexity
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:42:40 +00:00
+								* If someone tell you he understand your build process, you probably have to explain him better / Si quelqu'un comprend notre processus de build, c'est qu'on lui a pas bien expliqué.... [MorganGeek](https://twitter.com/MorganGeek/statuses/537192681609658368)
-												Vala Afshar‏ quote on leadership
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:50:47 +00:00
+								* "Your idea is better, but we're going to ignore it, since that's not the way we've always done it," said no good leader, ever. - [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/537080571693105152)
-												Malcolm Gladwell quote on self improvement
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:52:17 +00:00
+								* Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good. - [Malcolm Gladwell](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/537075225352212480)
-												Vala Afshar on teamwork
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 18:55:16 +00:00
+								* You are not a team because you work together. You are a team because you trust, respect and care for each other. [Vala Afshar](https://twitter.com/ValaAfshar/statuses/536976229828952064)
-												Daily Zen‏ on taboo
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 19:17:11 +00:00
+								* If something is taboo, it's probably worth discussing. - [Daily Zen](https://twitter.com/dailyzen/statuses/536700792435376128)
-												Zig Ziglar on motivation
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 19:31:19 +00:00
+								* People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily - [Zig Ziglar](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/status/536549776687628289)
-												quote of Patrick Burns about surprises in engineering
											
										
										
											2017-10-24 20:56:44 +00:00
+								* "Surprise in movies and novels is good. Surprise in computer code is bad" - [Patrick Burns](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/statuses/534330650355306496)
-												Venkat Subramaniam quote on code quality
											
										
										
											2017-10-25 21:26:51 +00:00
+								* A good professional places quality over quantity - [Venkat Subramaniam](https://twitter.com/venkat_s/statuses/533987853379047424)
-												Paul Graham on mean vs impressive people
											
										
										
											2017-10-25 21:27:34 +00:00
+								* The most impressive people I know are almost never mean, and the meanest people I know are almost never impressive. - [Paul Graham](https://twitter.com/paulg/statuses/533813744128647169)
-												quote about courage and innovation
											
										
										
											2017-10-26 20:04:15 +00:00
+								* Innovation does not require a plan, it requires courage / L'innovation c'est une désobéissance, pas un plan - [Pierre Pezziardi](https://twitter.com/vallettea/statuses/527815924070748160)
-												Gandhi on animals treatment and nations
											
										
										
											2017-10-28 22:09:49 +00:00
+								* The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated / On peut juger la grandeur et la valeur morale d'une nation à la façon dont elle traite ses animaux - [Gandhi](https://twitter.com/monde_biodi/statuses/544574581986840576)
-												quote on change and strugging
											
										
										
											2017-10-28 22:11:08 +00:00
+								* Sometimes, change is what we need most
 								* If you're struggling and your people are just sitting there watching you struggle... They aren't your people
-												quotes I enjoy
											
										
										
											2017-10-28 22:15:09 +00:00
+								* "Why are you so quiet ?" Because I am. That's how I function. I don't ask others "Why are you so noisy ? Why do you talk so much ?" It's rude.
 								* Sometimes the reason things are not happening to you is because you are the good thing that needs to happen to other people.
-												Charles Eames on doing something good vs bad
											
										
										
											2017-10-29 10:16:04 +00:00
+								* It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad - [Charles Eames](https://twitter.com/abt_programming/statuses/542409128274956288)
-												Jeff Atwood on dealing with yourself
											
										
										
											2017-10-29 10:19:40 +00:00
+								* Dealing with other people, that's the easy part. Dealing with yourself is a relentless task that only ends when you do. - [Jeff Atwood](https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/916539378398146560)
-												Zoey Sayward on opportunities / entrepreneurship
											
										
										
											2017-10-29 10:25:25 +00:00
+								* Don't wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect. - [Zoey Sayward](https://twitter.com/wealthbits/statuses/542490804535566336)
-												John D. Cook about good design
											
										
										
											2017-10-29 12:04:06 +00:00
+								* Good design is not about making everything flexible. It's about making the right things flexible. - [John D. Cook](https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/02/18/what-to-make-flexible/)