But sharing a quote you didn't write doesn't make you "better than anyone", it makes you a reader, not necessarily a thinker, and certainly not someone posturing as the sage who invented the quote in the first place.
Sharing quotes is like telling jokes (most of which weren't invented by the speaker). I don't think people will accept an argument against telling jokes.
On the topic of quotes, here's one of my favorites: "While programming, you can write fast programs, and you can write programs fast, but you can't write fast programs fast." Guess who said it?
On the topic of quotes, here's one of my favorites: "While programming, you can write fast programs, and you can write programs fast, but you can't write fast programs fast." Guess who said it?
No clue, but I'll throw in a guess of "Fred Brooks".
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But sharing a quote you didn't write doesn't make you "better than anyone", it makes you a reader, not necessarily a thinker, and certainly not someone posturing as the sage who invented the quote in the first place.
Sharing quotes is like telling jokes (most of which weren't invented by the speaker). I don't think people will accept an argument against telling jokes.
On the topic of quotes, here's one of my favorites: "While programming, you can write fast programs, and you can write programs fast, but you can't write fast programs fast." Guess who said it?
The dalai lama?
On the topic of quotes, here's one of my favorites: "While programming, you can write fast programs, and you can write programs fast, but you can't write fast programs fast." Guess who said it?
No clue, but I'll throw in a guess of "Fred Brooks".
I think it was some programmer from NASA, can't seem to remember his name, though...