Certainty?
I’m not sure…
-Socrates
Debugging
There is no such thing as the last bug in a program.
There are no stubborn bugs.
There are only stubborn Debuggers.
-unknown
One method
I have only one method that I recommend extensively…
it’s called think before you write.
- Richard Hamming
Reducing uncertainty
Reducing uncertainty is a costly business.
Peter L. Bernstein
Against the Gods
Smile in the face of adversity
it costs nothing to grin
Winston Churchill
Statistics
Do not put your faith in what statistics say until you have carefully considered what they do not say.
- William W. Watt"
Engineers
Engineers like to solve problems.
If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.”
- Scott Adams
Becoming an engineer
I was originally supposed to become an engineer,
but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me.”
- Albert Einstein