A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

To me programming is more than an important practical art. It is also a gigantic undertaking in the foundations of knowledge.

If you do something once, people will call it an accident. If you do it twice, they call it a coincidence. But do it a third time and you've just proven a natural law!

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership. It might help if we ran the MBAs out of Washington.

If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.