quotes

[pavalamani pragasam]

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Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody is perfect......
so why practice?

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If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?

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How come "abbreviated" is such a long word?

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Behind every successful man, there is a woman
And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.

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The wise never marry.
and when they marry they become otherwise.

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A bus station is where a bus stops.

A train station is where a train stops.

On your desk, you have a work station....
what more can I say.....! ...
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I got you a really nice, exquisite, dazzling gift.
Infact it was so nice...
I kept it for myself!
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A good friend is someone who likes you even though you are slightly cracked...
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Age doesn't always come with wisdom.
Sometimes age comes alone...

[dev]

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Practice makes perfect.....
But nobody is perfect......
so why practice?

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If it's true that we are here to help others,
then what exactly are the others here for?

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A bus station is where a bus stops.

A train station is where a train stops.

On your desk, you have a work station....
what more can I say.....! ...
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Age doesn't always come with wisdom.
Sometimes age comes alone...

:lol2:

[vizmaya]

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

~Aristotle

[Shekhar]

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be a saint.

-Albert Schweitzer

[RP]

He who binds to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity's sun rise.

[great]

Chennai Quotes

kovil maniya namma adicha saththam varum... aana kovil mani nammala adicha raththam than varum....
:lol:

JK :)

[Shekhar]

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.

[Shekhar]

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

-Saint Francis

[pavalamani pragasam]

:clap:

[pooja.shankar]

In the words of Indian School , batch 2006 ...


Pearls of Wisdom ... (LOL)


1)Batch google group motto :
opinions are
-deleted-
, everyone has one ( yuck ! i know ....it is a fact though ....) so leave ur honest comments boldly .....



2)Shesha or drink party quote :
Life has got to be fun and frolic ,
life is fun and frolic till you are capable of having fun ..
and thats not very long ..
so don;t bother living long

have fun and die soon ...
see you in the purgatory !

[NOV]

second warning to Pooja - no obscenities!
one more and you will be banned!

[pooja.shankar]

second warning to Pooja - no obscenities!
one more and you will be banned! Hmmm ,, okay sorry NOV pal ..
but ...it wasnt ..obscene to me actually ..sorry ...

i made the same quote eslewer .. i ll change it ..
giv me time to locate that one ..yeah ? .........

y dunt u make a list of ' not to be used words' and post it ..
coz ...it seems pretty fine to me .

sorry again ..

[NOV]

y dunt u make a list of ' not to be used words' and post it .. ...simple! dont use any language you won't use in front of your parents.

[pooja.shankar]

y dunt u make a list of ' not to be used words' and post it .. ...simple! dont use any language you won't use in front of your parents. well ... i dunt remember thinking twice to use that word in front of my parents ..there are only some four or five words i dunt use in front of them i think ..

cmon .... my parents have read that quote too ..its better than those they hear . at the American British Academy ......


anyway ....it s up to u ..here isn it ...

i already said ..i got it ..i wunt use it HERE .. anymore ...
okay ?

[Shekhar]

To describe happiness is to diminish it.

-Henri Stendhal

[pavalamani pragasam]

[tscii:d7acd30923]For a phrase so simple, the implications of “I love you” are mindblowingly complex.[/tscii:d7acd30923]

[pooja.shankar]

Humans are not random creatures , whatever they do , they do with a reason ...

[pooja.shankar]

Humans are not random creatures , whatever they do , they do with a reason ...

[RP]

Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

-Saint Francis

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

- Richard Bach

[Shekhar]

Humility does not mean you think less of yourself. It means you think of yourself less.

-Ken Blanchard

Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing; it's when you've had everything to do, and you've done it.

-Margaret Thatcher

[RP]

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied-Charles Caleb Colton :roll:

[RP]

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned-Jean Paul :clap:

[Shekhar]

The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (submitted by LamaOsal)

[Shekhar]

Courage is being scared to death--and saddling up anyway.

-John Wayne

[RP]

Get happiness out of your work or you may never know what happiness is. :wink:

Elbert Hubbard

[RP]

Marriage is a mutual relationship if both parties know when to be mute. :wink:

[Lambretta]

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied-Charles Caleb Colton :roll:
Abs. true!! :clap: :clap: :D

[RP]

OVERHEAD:
"I figure if my son is getting as much out of college as the college is getting out of me,he'll be a success." :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Shekhar]

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall, always.

-Mahatma Gandhi

[Lambretta]

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall, always.

-Mahatma Gandhi
Appears to hav lifted up my spirits a bit! :)

[RP]

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall, always.

-Mahatma Gandhi
Appears to hav lifted up my spirits a bit! :)

Especially after the VARANASI BLASTS :evil: !!!

[NM]

[tscii:0bfc8e76f8]Complacency
It won’t happen to me!

“When anybody asks me how
I can best describe me my experience of nearly 40 years at sea, I merely say uneventful. Of course there has been winter gales and storms and fog and the like, but in all my experience,
I have never been in any accident of any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea.
I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort”.
________________________________________
Captain E.J. Smith, 1907

On the 14th of April, 1912 RMS Titanic sank with the loss of 1500 lives…
One of which was its captain, E.J. Smith
[/tscii:0bfc8e76f8]

[Shekhar]

It is always too early to quit.

[pavalamani pragasam]

Yes, waiting for the surprises is worth it!

[pavalamani pragasam]

* The man who follows other people's advice always ends up making other people's mistakes.

* Never tell your problems to anyone... 20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.

* Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still.

* When I release the guilt of the past and the worries of the future, I am joyful in the present.

* If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.

* People will believe most anything that is whispered to another.

* A disbelief in God does not result in a belief in nothing; disbelief in God usually results in a belief in anything.

* Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't; and a sense of humour to console him for what he is.

* On anniversaries the wise husband may forget the past... but better never forget the present.

* A lawyer says 'we' won' or 'You' have lost.

* A smile is a powerful weapon; you can even break ice with it.

* Forget yourself when with others and others will not forget you.

* There are some days I practice positive thinking.
And other days I'm not positive, I am thinking.

* In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

* Blessings never come in pairs; misfortunes never come alone.

* Surprise your boss. Get to work on time.

* A successful marriage isn't finding the right person - it's being the right person.

* Some persons think they have made a success of their lives when all they have made is money!

* Some of us learn from the mistakes of others; the rest of us have to be the others.

* It's been a lifetime struggle for me to stop spending my lifetime struggling.

* The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left.

* The most welcome person is the one who knows when to go.

* You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

* Two very rich people got divorced, and their lawyers lived happily ever after.

* You wouldn't care what people thought of you if you realised how seldom they do.

* Holidays make you feel good enough to return to work. And so poor that you're forced to.

* A lifelong friend is someone you haven't borrowed money from yet.

* I know karate, kung fu, and 47 other dangerous words.

* She is the kind of girl who does not care for a man's company unless he owns it.

* We spend our whole youth to obtain wealth and our whole wealth to obtain youth.

* A good thing to exercise when you're putting on weight is restraint.

* Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

* People who want by the yard, but try by the inch, should be kicked by the foot!

* Tears will get you sympathy. Sweat will get you results.

* Take time to relax especially when you don't have time for it.

* You need Money to call someone Honey.

* Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.

* A lot of good could be accomplished in this world if nobody cared who got the credit.

* If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.

* The most constant thing in the world, is change.

* The best exercise: reach down and pull somebody up.

* While money doesn't buy love, it puts you in a great bargaining position.

* Experience: what you get when you don't get what you want.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

* Blaming your faults on your nature does not change the nature of your faults.

* Have an aim in life - then don't forget to pull the trigger.

* Friendship is what binds the world together in peace, may we all become friends.

* Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.

* No-one loves hard work more than the one who pays for it.

* There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

* The road to success is marked with many tempting parking places.

* We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our worst enemies.

* Between tomorrow's dream and yesterday's regret is today's opportunity.

* Procrastination has its good side. You always have something to do tomorrow.

* Faith is something like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.

[NOV]

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.
Josh Billings

[Shekhar]

The best things in life aren't things.

-Art Buchwald

[kanya_kris]

The reputation of an years experiance can be determined within an hour.
:)

[kanya_kris]

If you can't ignore an insult ,top it;
if you can't top it,laugh it off and
if you can't laugh it off,it's probably deserved.
:)

[Shekhar]

When you have acknowledged an insult, you have accepted it.

[Shekhar]

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness which does not bow before children.

-Kahlil Gibran

[NOV]

When a man has a birthday, he takes a day off.
When a woman has a birthday, she takes three years off.

- Joan Rivers

[Shekhar]

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.

-Elizabeth Foley

[Shekhar]

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

-Sydney J. Harris

[Shekhar]

When in doubt, tell the truth.

-Mark Twain

[Lambretta]

When angry, count upto four; when very angry, swear.

-Mark Twain

[RP]

When angry, count upto four; when very angry, swear.

-Mark Twain

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ~Sydney J. Harris :roll:

[Lambretta]

*digr
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size? ~Sydney J. Harris :roll:
Hmm.....r u referring to a couple of rows I've had lately, RP? :)

/digr

[Shekhar]

We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.

-Jonathan Westover

[Hulkster]

Think of who you are before you question others

- Chandrasehar Rajaseharan

[Shekhar]

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

[ramky]

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to accept a thought, without entertaining it - Aristotle.

[malsi]

many people buy things they cant afford and live the life they dont like ..just to impress people they dont like...
- MALSI :)

[pavalamani pragasam]

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

[P_R]

many people buy things they cant afford and live the life they dont like ..just to impress people they dont like...
- MALSI :)Impressive one. Can we expect more from the same author ? :-)

[Lambretta]

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.
:clap: :exactly:
Best one I've read here today! :thumbsup: :D

[malsi]

thnaks prabhu...

enakku eppollam sollenum pole irukko..appo solluren..okva?? :)

[P_R]

thnaks prabhu...

enakku eppollam sollenum pole irukko..appo solluren..okva?? :) Sure. Your quote reminded me of the more strongly worded speech by Tyler Durden in Fight Club:
Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who have ever lived. I see all this potential -- damn it, an entire generation pumping gas and waiting tables; they're slaves with white collars. Advertisements have them chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. We are the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no great war, or great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised by television to believe that one day we'll all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars -- but we won't. And we're learning slowly that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.

[nilavupriyan]

thnaks prabhu...

enakku eppollam sollenum pole irukko..appo solluren..okva?? :) Sure. Your quote reminded me of the more strongly worded speech by Tyler Durden in Fight Club:
Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who have ever lived. I see all this potential -- damn it, an entire generation pumping gas and waiting tables; they're slaves with white collars. Advertisements have them chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy **** we don't need. We are the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no great war, or great depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great depression is our lives. We've all been raised by television to believe that one day we'll all be millionaires and movie gods and rock stars -- but we won't. And we're learning slowly that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.

Prabhuram..do u think all the logics in fight club is correct? :roll:

[P_R]

Prabhuram..do u think all the logics in fight club is correct? Rolling EyesIn reply I will quote again.
This is by the economist Lester Thurow in his preface to Ravi Batra's book "The Great Depression of 1990". Batra had predicted that there would be a depression in 1990, which Thurow did not exactly see to be imminent. He writes a preface full of praise and concludes it thus:
"It is of course unnecessary to agree with all of Dr. Batra's conclusions to see the appeal of his analysis"

The same applies to Fight Club (and to many other things)

[pavalamani pragasam]

Saving is the best thing especially when parents have done it for you.

Those who can't laugh at themselves leave the job to others.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Don't feel bad..A lot of people have no talent.

They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.

Regular naps prevent old age..especially if you take them while driving.

[P_R]

They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash. Quite topical :-)

[NOV]

1. Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.

2. Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to at them.

3. Always read stuff that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it

4. Drive carefully. It's not only cars that can be recalled by their maker

5. If you can't be kind, at least have the decency to be vague

6. If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it

7. It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others

8. Never buy a car you can't push

9. Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won't have a leg to stand on

10. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance

11. Since it's the early worm that gets eaten by the bird, sleep late

12. The second mouse gets the cheese

13. When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane

14. Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live

15. You may be only one person in the world, but you may also be the world to one person

16. Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once

17. We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty
and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box.

18. A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour

[NOV]

[tscii:d6b63805f7]"There are people who speak to us and we do not listen to them; there are people who hurt us and they don’t leave a scar, but there are people who simply appear in our life and they mark us for ever.” (Cecília Meireles)

“Nothing can be taught to a man; but it’s possible to help him find the answer within himself." (Galileo Galilei )


'If you're here on earth and you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room.' - Farrah Gray

You have to do the right thing. It may not be in your power; maybe not in your time, that there'll be any fruit. But that doesn't mean you stop doing the right thing.
~ Mahatma Gandhi[/tscii:d6b63805f7]

[pavalamani pragasam]

Contradicting quotes:


Actions speak louder than words./The pen is mightier than the sword.

Look before you leap./ He who hesitates is lost.

Many hands make light work. (or) Two heads are better than one. / Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A silent man is a wise one. / A man without words is a man without thoughts.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts. / Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Clothes make the man. / Don't judge a book by its cover. (or) All that glitters is not gold.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. / Better safe than sorry.

The bigger, the better. / The best things come in small packages.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ! / Out of sight, out of mind.

What will be, will be. / Life is what you make it.

Cross your bridges when you come to them. / Forewarned is forearmed.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander. / One man's meat is another man's poison.

With age comes wisdom. / Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings come all wise sayings.

The more, the merrier./ Two's company; three's a crowd.

The best things in life are free. / You get what you pay for.

It never rains, than it pours. / Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Better to ask the way than to go astray. / Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Never do evil, that good may come of it. / The end justifies the means.

Variety is the spice of life. / Don't change horses in the middle of a stream.

There is nothing permanent except change. / There is nothing new under the sun.

Never too old to learn. / You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Everything comes to him who waits. / He who hesitates is lost

[pavalamani pragasam]

Attitudes are contagious...Is yours worth catching?

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.

A little push in the right direction can make a big difference.

There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty.

You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Some people dream of success...while others wake up and work hard at it.

[ajithfederer]

REALITY :thumbsup:

many people buy things they cant afford and live the life they dont like ..just to impress people they dont like...
- MALSI :)

[rachel]

If there is to be peace in the world
There must be peace in the nations

If there is to be peace in the nations
There must be peace in the cities

If there is to be peace in the cities
There must be peace between neighbours

If there is to be peace between neighbours
There must be peace in the home

If there is to be peace in the home
There must be peace in the heart.

[NOV]

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)

[Shekhar]

A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.

AYou cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

Great ones!! Thank you. :clap:

[ramky]

If there is to be peace in the world
There must be peace in the nations

If there is to be peace in the nations
There must be peace in the cities

If there is to be peace in the cities
There must be peace between neighbours

If there is to be peace between neighbours
There must be peace in the home

If there is to be peace in the home
There must be peace in the heart.

rachel : :clap: very true :)

[Sanguine Sridhar]

Don't ever forget your old friends when new one get added.... because.....

"A new broom may sweep clean, but the old brush knows all the corners"

[P_R]

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.
Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)

Here's another one from the straightspeaking Mdm.Gandhi: "My father was a statesman. I am a politician. My father was a saint. I am not."

[Anoushka]

[tscii:0803e73700]
Source : http://www.multicians.org/thvv/proverbs.html


A clever person solves a problem.
A wise person avoids it.

-- Einstein
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André Bensoussan <http://www.multicians.org/andre.html> once explained to me the difference between a programmer and a designer:

"If you make a general statement, a programmer says, 'Yes, *but*...'
while a designer says, 'Yes, *and*...'"
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No matter what the problem is,
it's always a people problem.

Jerry Weinberg<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0932633420/qid=1017867196/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-6531282-6264147>
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Wexelblat's Scheduling Algorithm:

Choose two:

- Good
- Fast
- Cheap

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Craziness is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

Tom DeMarco <http://www.atlsysguild.com/GuildSite/TDM/Tom_DeMarco.html>,
rephrasing Einstein, who said

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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"There's no time to stop for gas, we're already late"

-- Karin Donker
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Deming's 14 points

1. Create constancy of purpose.
2. Adopt the new philosophy.
3. Cease dependence on mass inspection to achieve quality.
4. Minimize total cost, not initial price of supplies.
5. Improve constantly the system of production and service.
6. Institute training on the job.
7. Institute leadership.
8. Drive out fear.
9. Break down barriers between departments.
10. Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and numerical targets.
11. Eliminate work standards (quotas) and management by objective.
12. Remove barriers that rob workers, engineers, and managers of their
right to pride of workmanship.
13. Institute a vigorous program of education and self-improvement.
14. Put everyone in the company to work to accomplish the
transformation.

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We know about as much about software quality problems as they knew about the Black Plague in the 1600s. We've seen the victims' agonies and helped burn the corpses. We don't know what causes it; we don't really know if there is only one disease. We just suffer -- and keep pouring our sewage into our water supply.

-- Tom Van Vleck
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The Troops Know

- The schedule doesn't have enough time for maintenance in it.
- A lot of bugs get past the tests.
- Most old code can't be maintained.

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To go faster, slow down. Everybody who knows about orbital mechanics understands that.

-- Scott Cherf
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Everybody Knows:

- Discipline is the best tool.
- Design first, then code.
- Don't patch bugs out, rewrite them out.
- Don't test bugs out, design them out.

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Everybody Knows:

- If you don't understand it, you can't program it.
- If you didn't measure it, you didn't do it.

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Everybody Knows:

If something is worth doing once, it's worth building a tool to do it.
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Your problem is another's solution;
Your solution will be his problem.
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Everybody Knows:

- If you've found 3 bugs in a program, best estimate is that there are
3 more.
- 60% of product cost comes after initial shipment.

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The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.

-- Albert Einstein
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On the radio the other night, Jimmy Connors said the best advice he ever got was from Bobby Riggs:

- do it
- do it right
- do it right now

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It is not enough to do your best: you must know what to do, and THEN do your best.

-- W. Edwards Deming
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A leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Less good when they obey and acclaim him.
Worse when they fear and despise him.
Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you.
But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say, "We did this ourselves."

-- Lao-Tzu
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You must be the change
You wish to see in the world

-- Gandhi
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Experiment escorts us last,
His pungent company
Will not allow an axiom
An opportunity.

-- Emily Dickinson
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when the cart stops
do you whip the cart
or whip the ox?
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Q: How many QA testers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: QA testers don't change anything. They just report that it's dark.

Kerry Zallar <http://www.testingstuff.com/>
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Q: How many software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: Just one. But the house falls down.

Andrew Siwko
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One test is worth a thousand opinions.
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"If you didn't write it down, it didn't happen."

This saying is popular among scientists (doing experiments), but I believe it applies to software testing, particularly for real-time systems.

--Larry Zana
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We reject kings, presidents, and voting.
We believe in rough consensus and running code.

--Dave Clark <http://www.multicians.org/multicians.html#ClarkDD> (1992)
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I am a design chauvinist. I believe that good design is magical and not to be lightly tinkered with. The difference between a great design and a lousy one is in the meshing of the thousand details that either fit or don't, and the spirit of the passionate intellect that has tied them together, or tried. That's why programming---or buying software---on the basis of "lists of features" is a doomed and misguided effort. The features can be thrown together, as in a garbage can, or carefully laid together and interwoven in elegant unification, as in APL, or the Forth language, or the game of chess.


-- Ted Nelson
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Software is Too Important to be Left to Programmers<http://www.waysys.com/ws_content_al_isd.html>,
by Meilir Page-Jones.
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"If you think good architecture is expensive, try bad architecture."<http://www.laputan.org/mud/>

-- Brian Foote and Joseph Yoder
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Abraham Lincoln reportedly said that, given eight hours to chop down a tree, he'd spend six sharpening his axe.

-- TidBITS 654, quoted by Derek K. Miller, via Art Evans
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... while we all know that unmastered complexity is at the root of the misery, we do not know what degree of simplicity can be obtained, nor to what extent the intrinsic complexity of the whole design has to show up in the interfaces. We simply do not know yet the limits of disentanglement. We do not know yet whether intrinsic intricacy can be distinguished from accidental intricacy.

-- E. W. Dijkstra, Communications of the ACM, Mar 2001, Vol. 44, No. 3
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You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.

-- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) " The Man who was Orthodox<http://www.giga-usa.com/gigaweb1/quotes2/quautchestertongilbertkx001.htm>
", via Paul Black
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[Querida]

"Be very careful if you make a woman
cry, because God counts her tears. The woman
came out of a man's rib. Not from his feet to be
walked on. Not from his head to be superior, but
from the side to be equal. Under the arm to be
protected, and next to the heart to be loved."
-The Talmud

[NOV]

[tscii]Whenever I find the key to success, someone changes the lock.


The road to success…….. is always under construction.


Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but if you think again, neither does Milk.


In order to get a Loan, you first need to prove that you don't need it.


All the desirable things in life are either illegal, expensive or fattening.


Since Light travels faster than Sound, people appear brighter before you hear them speak.


Everyone has a scheme of getting rich….. which never works.


If at first you don't succeed…. Destroy all evidence that you ever tried.


You can never determine which side of the bread to butter. If it falls down, it will always land on the buttered side.


Anything dropped on the floor will roll over to the most inaccessible corner.


As soon as you mention something…… if it is good, it is taken…. If it is bad, it happens.


If you come early, the bus is late. If you come late…… the bus is still late.


Once you have bought something, you will find the same item being sold somewhere else at a cheaper rate.


When in a queue, the other line always moves faster and the person in front of you will always have the most complex of transactions.


If you have paper, you don't have a pen……. If you have a pen, you don't have paper…… if you have both, no one calls.


You will pick up maximum wrong numbers when on roaming.


The door bell or your mobile will always ring when you are in the bathroom.


If your exam is tomorrow, there will be a power cut tonight.


The last person to be fired or quit is responsible for all the errors until another person is fired or quits.


Irrespective of the direction of the wind, the smoke from the cigarette will always tend to go to the non-smoker.

[podalangai]

A mediaeval Pali couplet:

niccam aniccam samana vadanti
ghatassa bhinne kalaham karonti

"Everything is impermanent", say the monks
But if a pot breaks, they still yell and shout