As the old-time mariner’s dictum puts it: If you want to go from Europe to the New World, just head south until your butter melts, then turn right.

— David A. Price, Love and Hate in Jamestown

…it’s vital to explore viewpoints that don’t necessarily agree with our own.

— Peter Hollins, Mental Models

There are many technical workers who enjoy wandering so much that, like Alice in Wonderland, they don’t much care where they go, so long as they get somewhere.

— Gerald Weinberg, Becoming a Technical Leader

…leading without authority is more difficult than leading with authority. It requires a level of self-awareness that few of us are ready to develop.

— Clay Scroggins, How to Lead When You’re Not in Charge

Consistency is a powerful tool for reducing the complexity of a system and making its behavior more obvious.

— John Ousterhout, A Philosophy of Software Design