Pure mathematicians pursue their profession with little concern for practical applications (some even claim that the more removed mathematics is from practical matters, the better for the profession).

— Eli Maor, E

The growing body of adaptive information available in the minds of other people also drove genetic evolution to create a second form of human status, called prestige, which now operates alongside the dominance status we inherited from our ape ancestors.

— Joseph Henrich, The Secret of Our Success

When you think about cohesion, understand that this is rooted in the concepts of your business domain and not about the code.

— David Bryant Copeland, SOLID Is Not Solid

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

— Haim Shapira, Eight Lessons on Infinity

A manager’s job is to transform his glaring deficiency into a strength by finding the best person to fill it and trusting him to do the job.

— Michael Lopp, Managing Humans