Repaid Spent Quotes & Sayings

Shipping first time code is like going into debt. A little debt speeds development so long as it is paid back promptly with a rewrite. The danger occurs when the debt is not repaid. Every minute spent on not-quite-right code counts as interest on that debt. Entire engineering organizations can be brought to a standstill under the debt load of an unconsolidated implementation, object-oriented or otherwise. — Ward Cunningham

After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind. — Becca Fitzpatrick

But the law of loving others could not be discovered by reason, because it is unreasonable. — Leo Tolstoy

What's the Matter with the Mill? — Memphis Minnie

For nothing is more democratic than logic; it is no respecter of persons and makes no distinction between crooked and straight noses. — Friedrich Nietzsche

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with this idea of opening a restaurant back in Indiana on a little pond. The guests would order their dinner and then take a little boat out with a colored flag on the front of it. When the matching color of the flag on their boat went up on a flag pole, their dinner was ready! — Greg Kinnear

Since the average person's small supply of politeness must last him all his life, he can't afford to waste it on bridge partners. — Alfred Sheinwold

Most Americans do not like poetry. We may respect it, but we do not enjoy it. — Gilbert Highet

Life is a pilgrimage, and unless love is attained, it remains a pilgrimage, never reaching anywhere. — Osho

Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January. — Hal Borland

Our attitude determines our approach to life. — John C. Maxwell

Thinking is a habit, and like any other habit, it can be changed; it just takes effort and repetition. — John Eliot