…we feel that mentally ill people are not what we are looking for when we hire programmers—although there are no empirical data to support or contradict that view.

— Gerald Weinberg, The Psychology of Computer Programming

If your estimate is a date, you are really making a commitment, not an estimate.

— Robert C. Martin, Clean Craftsmanship

In practice, “consumerism” often means “consumption by the other guy,” since the elites who condemn it tend themselves to be conspicuous consumers of exorbitant luxuries like hardcover books, good food and wine, live artistic performances, overseas travel, and Ivy-class education for their children.

— Steven Pinker, Enlightenment Now

It isn’t simply that people behave or even think “irrationally,” but that the conscious control we exert over our behavior has sometimes partial, sometimes little, and sometimes no bearing on our manifest actions.

— Roman Gelperin, Addiction, Procrastination, and Laziness

Researchers solve problems that are solvable, not necessarily ones that are real.

— Adam Barr, The Problem With Software