Booch Quotes

#1. There is nothing an addict likes more, or that serves as better pretext for continuing his present way of life, than to place the weight of responsibility for his situation somewhere other than on his own decisions.

Theodore Dalrymple

#2. Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.

Abdallah II Of Jordan

#3. Ignorance; lack of knowledge or lack of curiosity.

Roberto Llamas

#4. I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well.

Tommy Kirk

#5. The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.

Grady Booch

#6. In 2031, lawyers will be commonly a part of most development teams.

Grady Booch

#7. I hired a personal trainer to help me lose 25 pounds and get from obese to fat. My next step will be to get from fat to chubby.

Adam McKay

#8. UML is not dessert topping and floor wax.

Grady Booch

#9. All of life is iterative. It goes back to the point I made earlier, which is you can't a priori know enough to even ask the right questions.

Grady Booch

#10. Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it.

Grady Booch

#11. Quantity and persistence will get you the outcomes you need.

James Altucher

#12. The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.

Grady Booch

#13. Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#14. How small these rescued tides appear! Earthly delights flow in torrents. Each object offers paradise.

Andre Breton

#15. I would like to remember all and be able to forgive everything - in due course!

Johanna Siguroardottir

#16. Understanding has very specific component parts. These component parts are affinity, reality and communication.

L. Ron Hubbard

#17. No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.

Phillips Brooks

#18. C++ also supports the notion of friends: cooperative classes that are permitted to see each other's private parts.

Grady Booch

#19. The task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity.

Grady Booch

#20. Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?

Grady Booch

#21. If I can break one out of every three return games, I'm going to give myself a shot in a lot of matches.

Andy Roddick

#22. Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions.

Grady Booch

#23. I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

Mother Teresa