Category: Quotes
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Quoteworthy: Paul Martin Lester – Words and Images Work Together
Words and pictures are intricately linked in journalism, advertising and educational contexts. Words printed under a photograph, the caption, signal the importance of the…
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Quoteworthy: Kipling – Six Honest Serving Men
I keep six honest serving men (They taught me all I knew); Their names are What and Why and When And How and Where…
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Quoteworthy: C.S. Lewis – Don't use words too big for the subject
“Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want…
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Quoteworthy: George Orwell on "Scrupulous Writing"
“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say?…
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Quoteworthy: Dave West – Agility is Responsiveness to Change
There isn’t just one agile: “Agile” is really the ability to respond to change in the most effective way, considering the restraints of the…
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Quoteworthy: John D. Rockefeller Jr.
The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well. – John D. Rockefeller
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Quoteworthy: Blaine Lee
Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right. – Blaine Lee
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Quotable: Arnold Toynbee
Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can be aroused by two things: first, an idea which takes the imagination by storm; and…
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Quoteworthy: The bitterness of poor quality
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of meeting the schedule has been forgotten. – Anonymous
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Quoteworthy: Karl Popper
It is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood. – Karl Popper
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Quoteworthy: Kulak & Guinney
An appropriate and complete requirements specification does nothing to ensure a successful implementation; however, it makes it possible. – Kulak & Guinney
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Quoteworthy: Joseph Joubert
Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make more clear. – Joseph Joubert
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Quotable: Whitney Young
It’s better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared. – Whitney Young
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Quoteworthy: Jim Brosseau
There will never be “the right approach” for all projects. Software projects come in too many shapes and sizes. There are too many cultures,…
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Quoteworthy: Alistair Cockburn
Agile … is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries. An attitude has no boundaries, so we wouldn’t ask “can I use agile here”,…