I tell people to start implementing when they are pretty sure there aren't more important stories out there. An iteration's worth of data is worth months of speculation.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

A plan is an example of what could happen, not a prediction of what will happen.

Optimism is an occupational hazard of programming; feedback is the treatment.

I don't like the feeling, but I've got to say that a little fear makes me a more focused, more responsible programmer.

Testing is not the point. The point is about responsibility.

Listening, Testing, Coding, Designing. That's all there is to software. Anyone who tells you different is selling something.

Make it work, make it right, make it fast.

I've known people who have not mastered their tools who are good programmers, but not a tool master who remained a mediocre programmer.

Sometimes the problem has to mature before the solution can mature.

If you're having trouble succeeding, fail.

It is character that should be the sole measure of judgement in the society of thinking humanity, and nothing short of that would do.

Challenges are what make life interesting

Not to go to the theater is like making one's toilet without a mirror.

Then i starter krompy kromp with Kroomp Krompp and the i kromped all over the Krommmmp!

I ride five days out of the week. In fact, I take my bike as much as I can, especially with L.A. traffic. You want to get in and out, all the time.

I love seeing people get excited.

People only call you 'my dear' when they are irritated with you.

All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

A simple MS Word document, or a Powerpoint presentation, has its limits, particularly the unpredictability in how the page will actually display. With a PDF, you are locking down all those variables.

The time is going to come when [people] are going to really regret this, and they're gonna want to be within [Donald] Trump's orb at some point, 'cause this country's gonna take off.