The team that makes the most mistakes usually wins, because doers make mistakes
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions.
The most damaging phrase in the language is: `It's always been done that way. '
Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, 'We've always done it this way. ' I try to fight that. That's why I have a clock on my wall that runs counter-clockwise.
The only phrase I've ever disliked is, 'Why, we've always done it that way. ' I always tell young people, 'Go ahead and do it. You can always apologize later. '
A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.
I needed to see, needed to know, needed a whole lot more.
GLOUCESTER: Yet so much is my poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many my defects, As I had rather hide me from my greatness, Being a bark to brook no mighty sea, Than in my greatness covet to be hid, And in the vapour of my glory smother'd. But God be thanked. . . .
There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past.
During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer.