If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.
Two eggs do not an omelette make
Observe that for the programmer, as for the chef, the urgency of the patron may govern the scheduled completion of the task, but it cannot govern the actual completion. An omelette, promised in two minutes, may appear to be progressing nicely. But when it has not set in two minutes, the customer has two choices - wait or eat it raw. Software customers have had the same choices.
You CAN make an omelette without breaking eggs. It's just a really bad omelette.
If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.
Can't make an omelette without killing a few people.
How come when it’s us, it’s an abortion, and when it’s a chicken, it’s an omelette?
The omelette tasted like flannel.
When I'm hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ask them to make me an omelette.
My life was the best omelette you could make with a chainsaw