Gulder Quotes & Sayings

When building a complex system, having crackerjack programmers (who can make any design work, even a bad one) can be a liability. The result, after lots of effort, is a working system that cannot be easily maintained or upgraded. Good -but not great- programmers would fail early, causing a realization that the system must be redesigned, and then reimplemented. The extra cost is paid once, early in the system's cycle (when it is cheap), instead of repeatedly paid late in the system's cycle (when it is more expensive). — Richard E. Pattis

I always sit in the tail end of a plane, always. You never hear of an plane backing into a mountain. — Tommy Cooper

I've always thought academics should get a little slurry on their boots from time to time. — Karen Lord

I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it. — Edmund Hillary

Well yes, my son was bar mitzvahed last April, after I made this film. — Jami Gertz

Always pack your uniform on top. — Freddie Green

Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us. — Barbara Jordan