#not

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial chance of introducing another. ↗

— Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

#chance #defect #fixing #fundamental #fundamental problem

Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#dog #every #every man #fewer #mad

Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#almost #anybody #best #books #classics

Nothing is so easy to fake as the inner vision. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#fake #inner #nothing #vision

Students today are a pretty solemn lot. One of the really notable achievements of the twentieth century has been to make the young old before their time. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#been #before #century #lot #make

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#full #future #idealised #in fact #notion

Well, it's not full time - my dancers are only paid for six months of the year in two three-month blocks; but yes, it is possible we could do it in another year. ↗

— Siobhan Davies

#blocks #could #dancers #full #months

As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression. ↗

— Angela Davis

#alliance #another #around #called #case

I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images. ↗

— Agnes Varda

#i #images #interested #just #looking

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay. ↗

— Bette Davis

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