Which quotes apply best to software development?

What quotes about life, wisdom, and the world in general apply very well to software development?

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[capjackarrow]

"The art of giving the same name to different things"

• Henri Poincare, originally to describe Mathematics

[Monika Jandrevska]

"Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand." - Martin Fowler

[Sean (Diddy)]

A bit late to the party, but don't let perfect be the enemy of good.

[Oliver]

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction."
E.F. Schumacher

[Wahid Ibrahimy]

Endless learning!

[Tristan Gibbs]

“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment”

-Carl Friedrich Gauss

[John Munro]

slow is smooth, smooth is fast

slower development time and correct planning makes changes and fixes much quicker later on be multiples.

[Prince-Alarming]

"Do a job you love and you won't work a day in your life" - Steve Jobs

My motto

[Chris Naismith]

"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." -Walt Disney

One thing I've learned over the last couple years, is meetings about work is no substitute for work. The amount of progress that can be made from 'heads down' programming can be remarkable. Meetings certainly have their place at making sure everyone is on the same page but too much talking gets in the way of doing.

[John McLem Adan]

"In programming the hard part isn’t solving problems, but deciding what problems to solve."

• Paul Graham

[Chad Kunde]

Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.
tr: I have made this longer than usual because I have not had time to make it shorter.

• Blaise Pascal

[Maximilian Berkmann]

The translation is slightly wrong IMO but relatable.
It should be "I have made this longer just because I don't have the leisure to make it shorter" (you could also use "do" depending on the context).

[Mohit Raj]

Its works only in my system #code

[AndreKelvin]

Write code like a blind man is going to read it

[Mohamed ELIDRISSI]

Great quote from a blog post I read just a few days ago.

Remember: the purpose of the software is not to show off how intelligent you are. 

Max Kanat-Alexander, Code Simplicity

[M.T]

“The only constant in life is change” - Heraclitus