SHIP THE F***ING THING!

"At the end of the day, ship the f***ing thing! It’s great to rewrite your code and make it cleaner and by the third time it’ll actually be pretty. But that’s not the point — you’re not here to write code; you’re here to ship products."

Source: Jamie Zawinski
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THOUGHT AND ACTION

'The ancestor of every action is a thought.'

Source: Ralph Waldo Emerson.

THE ABLEST NAVIGATORS

'The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.'

Source: Edward Gibbon.

DECIDING WHAT TO DO

“It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide what to do.”

Source: Elbert Hubbard.

ULTIMATE SOPHISTICATION

‘Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication’.

Source: Leornardo da Vinci. (also Steve Jobs’ design philosophy).

LEAVING THINGS UNDONE

‘Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.’

Source: Lin Yutang.

LARGEST CONSUMER FOR TIME AND ENERGY

'The constant, unproductive preoccupation with all the things we have to do is the single largest consumer for time and energy.'

Source: Kerry Gleeson.

EASY TO BE BRAVE

‘It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.’

Source: Aesop.

VISION IS NOT ENOUGH

'Vision is not enough; it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.'

Source: Vaclav Harvel

FORMULA FOR FAILURE

‘I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: Try to please everybody all of the time.’

Source: Herbert Bayard Swope.

IF PROJECT CONTENT CHANGES FREELY

'If project content is allowed to change freely the rate of change will exceed the rate of progress.'

Source: Anon

HOW OLD ARE YOU?

'How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?'

Source: Richard Branson

WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED CHANGING

‘When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.’

Source: Benjamin Franklin.

IN OVER YOUR NECK

‘If you aren’t in over your neck, how do you know how tall you are?’

Source: TS Eliot.

IT IS A BAD PLAN

‘It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.’

Source: Publilius Syrus.

STICK WITH THE OPTIMISTS

"Stick with the optimists, it’s going to be tough enough even if they’re right."

Source: James Reston.