Some of the most flowery praise you hear on the subject of teams is only hypocrisy. Managers learn to talk a good game about teams even when they're secretly threatened by the whole concept.

Computer system analysis is like child-rearing; you can do grievous damage, but you cannot ensure success.

Get the right people. Then no matter what all else you might do wrong after that, the people will save you. That's what management is all about.

You can't control what you can't measure

There are a million ways to lose a work day, but not even a single way to get one back.

The purpose of a team is not goal attainment but goal alignment.

The manager's function is not to make people work, but to make it possible for people to work.

The more you focus on control, the more likely you're working on a project that's striving to deliver something of relatively minor value.

Quality is free, but only to those who are willing to pay heavily for it.

Visual supervision is a joke for development workers. Visual supervision is for prisoners.

First law of Bad Management: If something isn't working, do more of it.

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.

Having a family is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain.

Hell is paved with good intentions.

What happened to fun?" "Our insurance doesn't cover it!

I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.

The teaching process is lengthy because there are many, many states of mind to go through. And in each state of mind there is a different aggregate of self to be explored.

I lack routine with yoga, sleep, and food but do my best to keep consistency amongst the chaos.

Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen.

Better to know the quick pain of truth than the ongoing pain of a long-held false hope.

Has it ever occurred to you that how we deal with death is at least as important as how we deal with life?