“Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.”

People who passionately want to believe that the world is basically simple react to this with a fury that goes beyond what I consider appropriate for discussing a programming language.

You may not get everything you dream about, but you will never get anything you don’t dream about.

And to make sure their work environments are flexible in a way that allows men and women who choose to work to be able to achieve all of their potential.

Justice is only achieved in beautiful fullness when the oppressed has been elevated back to their rightful place, and when those who were guilty of the oppressing have experienced repentance, healing, and restoration as well.

You achieve because you’re lucky to work with people who are very talented.

This was once achieved by extensive deprivation. Today in the developed countries it is being achieved by imposing a false standard of what is and what is not desirable.

I really hope that more and more companies will become much better at achieving and maintaining outside-in. I hope that we will see more and more truly outside-in corporations and that those organizations will remain outside-in corporations over time.

The only person who ever stops me from achieving something is me.

If a project has not achieved a system architecture, including its rationale, the project should not proceed to full-scale system development. Specifying the architecture as a deliverable enables its use throughout the development and maintenance process.

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.