Discovering the unexpected is more important than confirming the known.
George Box

Discovering the unexpected is more important than confirming the known.
George Box
You cannot make informed decisions or create a quality product without first understanding why we are doing what we are doing. Lack of context creates waste.
Jim Benson
The world is changing, and I believe that, if I want to stay employed as a programmer, I’m going to have to change with it.
Kent Beck
- [Parliament member] : Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answer come out ?
- [C. Babbage] : I’m not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
Charles Babbage
Il y aurait trois méthodes sûres pour ruiner une affaire qui marche : les femmes, le jeu ou les technocrates… Les femmes, ce serait le plus marrant ; le jeu, le plus rapide ; les technocrates, le plus sûr.
Michel Audiard
L’ignorant affirme, le savant doute, le sage réfléchit.
Aristote
Instead of focusing on results, I believe creative workers should first be focusing on trust.
Jurgen Appelo
If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.
Mario Andretti
Companies in every industry need to assume that a software revolution is coming.
Marc Andreesen
Mieux vaut réaliser son souhait que souhaiter l’avoir fait.
Woody Allen