SOFTWARE ENGINEERING MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill

“The function of good software is to make the complex appear simple.” – Grady Booch

“Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution.” – William A. Foster

“There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.” – Alan J. Perlis

“The art of programming is the skill of controlling complexity.” – Marijn Haverbeke

“Coding is not just about writing code, but also about code understanding, debugging, maintenance, and testing.” – Shamir

“Software is a great combination of artistry and engineering.” – Bill Gates

“The sooner you start to code, the longer the program will take.” – Roy Carlson

“Software sucks because users demand it to.” – Nathan Myhrvold

“The best error message is the one that never shows up.” – Thomas Fuchs

“Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window.” – Steve Wozniak

“First solve the problem, then write the code.” – John Johnson GRIEVING SOMEONE ALIVE QUOTES

“Software is like entropy: It is difficult to grasp, weighs nothing, and obeys the Second Law of Thermodynamics; i.e., it always increases.” – Norman R. Augustine

“Software is a gas; it expands to fill its container.” – Nathan Myhrvold

“The purpose of software engineering is to control complexity, not create it.” – Dr. Pamela Zave

“The price of reliability is the pursuit of the utmost simplicity.” – C. A. R. Hoare

“One man’s crappy software is another man’s full-time job.” – Jessica Gaston

“Good software, like wine, takes time.” – Joel Spolsky

“Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it.” – Patrick McKenzie

“It’s not a bug, it’s an undocumented feature.” – Anonymous

“The goal of software engineering is to maximize productivity while minimizing defects.” – Gordon Bell

“Software is a great combination of artistry and engineering.” – Bill Gates

“Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.” – Unknown

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein