The word Refactoring should never appear on a schedule. Refactoring is not the kind of activity that appears on a plan. We do not reserve time for refactoring. Refactoring is simply part of our minute-by-minute, hour-by-hour approach to writing software.

— Robert C. Martin, Clean Agile

Solving problems is a practical skill like, let us say, swimming. We acquire any practical skill by imitation and practice. Trying to swim, you imitate what other people do with their hands and feet to keep their heads above water, and, finally, you learn to swim by practicing swimming. Trying to solve problems, you have to observe and to imitate what other people do when solving problems and, finally, you learn to do problems by doing them.

— G. Polya and John H. Conway, How to Solve It

Agile development is a very effective tool, but it won’t work on a team composed solely of novices and advanced beginners.

— Andy Hunt, Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

…no other language or platform has made claims comparable to Erlang’s.

— Jamie Allen, Reactive Design Patterns

Group identities, on the other hand, can never generate a sense of universality, because any group is always defined by a barrier separating ‘us’ from ‘them’.

— Anja Publications, Philosophy Now