If you're a technical lead, you need to be coding.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

If you're afraid to change something it is clearly poorly designed.

Now I'm a pretty lazy person and am prepared to work quite hard in order to avoid work.

Never in the annals of software engineering was so much owed by so many to so few lines of code

Comprehensiveness is the enemy of comprehensibility.

When to use iterative development? You should use iterative development only on projects that you want to succeed.

I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

The biggest issue on software teams is making sure everyone understands what everyone else is doing.

A pattern is an idea that has been useful in one practical context and will probably be useful in others.

There is nothing more dangerous to the adventurous spirit than a secure future that can predict the same sun on every horizon because they only see the same view.

My mind is always going. I'm always thinking what I need to do, what I haven't done, what I did do, what I didn't do as well as I could - I'm relentless that way with myself.

The willing horse is always overworked.

A holy life is in itself a wonderful power, and will make up for many deficiencies; it is in fact the best sermon a man can ever deliver.

I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

Mostly, he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty.

I don't think I should penalize people who were doing their duty.

If stealing a few saltshakers was wrong I didn't want to be right.

This physical world, though necessary to our evolution, is the embodiment of impermanence, of constant change. Thus, we take care not to become overly attached to it.

When I look at Bill, I know right away how he thinks. I can feel if he's having problems, even if I'm not with him.