Top 100 Mcconnell Quotes
#1. Well, I am as much a cheerleader for President Obama as Sen. McConnell is a Chippendale dancer.
Alison Lundergan Grimes
#2. The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell.
Alison Lundergan Grimes
#3. For the first time since 1979, we are talking to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Obama says talking to him is probably pointless, but it's a hell of a relief from Mitch McConnell.
Bill Maher
#4. It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.
Stephen Colbert
#5. Mothering well is a prayerful art. - Lori McConnell, Restoring Hope in a Woman's Heart
Stasi Eldredge
#6. It's only by facing things that you ever put them behind you.
-Mrs. McConnell to Susan
Lois Duncan
#7. I'm very sad about Mitch McConnell probably getting to be Senate majority leader, if only for two years. To me, he is just everything that is wrong with the world, a bullying obstructionist blowhard liar (not to put too fine a point on it).
Anne Lamott
#8. Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, said that Republicans' number one priority was the defeat of President Obama.
Steny Hoyer
#9. [Some dogs] develop blood feuds with other dogs that are so serious that the only silver lining is a dog's inability to build nuclear weapons in the backyard. -- Patricia McConnell, A Tale of Two Species
Patricia McConnell
#10. I agree with Sen. Rand Paul on issues more than I do Mitch McConnell.
Thomas Massie
#11. People are familiar with 'the stick' of the Tea Party ... challenging incumbents, flooding the phone lines. What they're not so much familiar with, and what I want to expand, is 'the carrot.' So when a Mitch McConnell, or when a Republican caucus stands firm ... we have to reward them.
Niger Innis
#12. If the derived class isn't going to adhere completely to the same interface contract defined by the base class, inheritance is not the right implementation technique. Consider containment or making a change further up the inheritance hierarchy.
Steve McConnell
#13. Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, "How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't needed?" Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer.
Steve McConnell
#14. We must get away from the idea that America is to be the leader of the world in everything.
Francis John McConnell
#15. You can do anything with stacks and iteration that you can do with recursion.
Steve McConnell
#16. Mitt Romney has spent his entire life finding ways to solve problems.
Mitch McConnell
#17. We need to strengthen and save Social Security for today's workers. If we don't act now, this system, born out of the New Deal, will become a bad deal.
Mitch McConnell
#18. The biggest problem confronting the country is our excessive spending. If we're not going to deal with it now, when are we going to deal with it? And we've watched the government explode over the last four years. We've dealt with the revenue issue.
Mitch McConnell
#19. There are no secrets on an successful software project. Both good and bad news must be able to move up and down the ptoject hierarchy without restriction.
Steve McConnell
#20. In software, the chain isn't as strong as its weakest link; it's as weak as all the weak links multiplied together.
Steve McConnell
#21. Robots get to see the worst of the human condition on a daily basis. Good thing they don't have feelings.
Martin McConnell
#22. The primary purpose of software estimation is not to predict a project's outcome; it is to determine whether a project's targets are realistic enough to allow the project to be controlled to meet them.
Steve McConnell
#23. Whether it's before the election or after the election, the principle is the American people are choosing their next president and their next president should pick this Supreme Court nominee.
Mitch McConnell
#24. A crisis of confidence is so common that it should be considered a universal part of the adoption process.
Patricia McConnell
#25. My friends in prison were mostly women more like myself: not historical figures who I did not relate to as peers, but hookers and addicts.
Patricia McConnell
#26. The money that goes into Social Security is not the government's money. it's your money. You paid for it.
Mitch McConnell
#28. If you have to put a matchbox under your chair, you need to straighten out your floor.
John McConnell
#29. I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance at shooting. Most of us didn't think that. What we did learn is this - it's a hostage that's worth ransoming. And it focuses the Congress on something that must be done.
Mitch McConnell
#30. Mature testing organizations tend to have five dirty tests for every clean test.
Steve McConnell
#31. This heinous crime should be of particular concern to all of us ... I know my colleagues will agree that the murder of Americans overseas cannot go unpunished. I will continue to closely follow developments in this case[.]
Mitch McConnell
#32. Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It's less predictable, it's more fun, and it comes without a 30-day, money-back guarantee.
Steve McConnell
#33. Good visual layout shows the logical structure of a program.
Steve McConnell
#34. The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism.
Mitch McConnell
#36. Bolton's exactly what the U.N. needs at this point. The president's right on the mark in picking him.
Mitch McConnell
#38. It just doesn't occur to an American that someone else will solve their problems. Americans take pride in solving problems for themselves. And if we fail, we get back up and try again. It's what we do. It's who we are.
Mitch McConnell
#39. developers insert an average of 1 to 3 defects per hour into their designs and 5 to 8 defects per hour into code
Steve McConnell
#40. Republicans will not be reduced to being the tax collectors for the Obama economy.
Mitch McConnell
#41. I was already a wreck when I went in, and prison nearly destroyed what little was left of me. I was worse when I came out than I was when I went in, and was not positively changed in any way.
Patricia McConnell
#42. Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.
Page McConnell
#43. the road to programming hell is paved with global variables,
Steve McConnell
#44. The loss of a sexual life is one of the worst things about getting really old. The worst thing.
Patricia McConnell
#45. At eighty-one, health club-lusting is as close as I'll ever come to getting laid again.
Patricia McConnell
#46. We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.
Francis John McConnell
#47. It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
Steve McConnell
#48. She was warned.
She was given an explanation.
Nevertheless, she persisted.
Mitch McConnell
#49. Promise me this conversation won't leave this table."
He leaned in, his face serious. "What happens in the mall stays in the mall.
Lucy McConnell
#50. Mitt Romney has never been resigned to what someone else said was possible. He cut his own path. That's why he believes in his heart that America has a future full of opportunity and hope. And that's why when Mitt Romney looks down the road, he sees a country that's ready for a comeback.
Mitch McConnell
#51. My dad also plays a little banjo and guitar, my mom plays the mandolin.
Page McConnell
#52. Programming requires more concentration than other activities. It's the reason programmers get upset about 'quick interruptions' - such interruptions are tantamount to asking a juggler to keep three balls in the air and hold your groceries at the same time.
Steve McConnell
#53. Jesus never spoke of truth in abstraction, as something that stands alone. Jesus always spoke of truth in relation to God being revealed through himself.
Tim McConnell
#54. If the administration wants cooperation, it will have to begin to move in our direction.
Mitch McConnell
#55. Public disclosure of campaign contributions and spending should be expedited so voters can judge for themselves what is appropriate.
Mitch McConnell
#56. The only way to reduce the variability in the estimate is to reduce the variability in the project.
Steve McConnell
#57. defect corrections have more than a 50 percent chance of being wrong the first time
Steve McConnell
#58. The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.
Mitch McConnell
#59. People who smile tend to manage, teach and sell more effectively, and to raise happier children. There's far more information in a smile than a frown. That's why encouragement is a much more effective teaching device than punishment.
James V. McConnell
#60. All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system we've had in modern times.
Mitch McConnell
#61. There should be evidence that there is demand for your ministry that exceeds the capacity of your current geographical location or facilities. If there isn't enough demand for your ministry to fill one building, who are you kidding? There won't be more demand on the other side of town either.
Scott McConnell
#62. While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency.
Mitch McConnell
#64. If we stop and look over the past and then into the future, we can see that the possibilities are growing greater and greater every day; that we have scarcely begun to reach the proper results from the field we have before us.
David H. McConnell
#65. More young people believe they'll see a U.F.O. than that they'll see their own Social Security benefits.
Mitch McConnell
#67. If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
Page McConnell
#70. Classes and routines are first and foremost intellectual tools for reducing complexity. If they're not making your job simpler, they're not doing their jobs.
Steve McConnell
#72. in the vast majority of systems, efficiency isn't critical.
Steve McConnell
#73. Eighty percent of the errors are found in 20 percent of a project's classes or routines
Steve McConnell
#74. One of the principle things life has taught me is that we always have a choice. When we say we "can't," we usually mean we're just not willing to pay the price.
Patricia McConnell
#75. Study after study has shown that motivation probably has a larger effect on productivity and quality than any other factor
Steve McConnell
#76. It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.
Mitch McConnell
#77. A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.
Steve McConnell
#78. Be sure that the names you choose favor read-time convenience over write-time convenience.
Steve McConnell
#79. It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.
Steve McConnell
#80. It seems with every new day, we have a new veto threat from the president.
Mitch McConnell
#81. An arrow isn't the only thing I shoot straight. If you ever come near my wife, you'll be hauled off in a body bag.
Lucy McConnell
#82. You never know where your influences are going to come from, or where you're going to find your inspiration.
Page McConnell
#83. 95% on content and the computer language remains the same.
Steve McConnell
#84. You save time when you don't need to have an awards ceremony every time a C statement does what it's supposed to. Moreover,
Steve McConnell
#85. Unfortunately, I'm drawn to a rare species of bad boy exterior/good guy interior. Give me a Harley Davidson and a pair of aviators and I'm weak in the knees."
"I have a Harley," he blurted
"I know
Lucy McConnell
#86. On the issue of Iraq, it is my hope, and my challenge to my colleagues, that our debate will be based on what is best for the future of our nation and for Iraq, not what's best for a political party or presidential campaign.
Mitch McConnell
#87. I don't believe anyone can go through the prison experience without being changed by it. The experience becomes part of your identity forever.
Patricia McConnell
#88. Reduce complexity. The single most important reason to create a routine is to reduce a program's complexity. Create a routine to hide information so that you won't need to think about it.
Steve McConnell
#89. I couldn't stand living in a society that admires the emperor's new clothes, when I see so clearly that he is naked.
Patricia McConnell
#90. The only thing I remember writing in prison is a couple of poems for an inmate magazine they did once a year.
Patricia McConnell
#91. You can't force something like that. But we have encouraged our audience, because we avoid the confrontation of regular rock concerts: us up here, you down there. Instead, we're looking for interaction.
Page McConnell
#92. The default movement on a software project should be in the direction of taking elements of the software away to make it simpler rather than adding elements to make it more complex.
Steve McConnell
#93. Spend your time on the 20 percent of the refactorings that provide 80 percent of the benefit.
Steve McConnell
#96. The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law in the early part of his first Administration.
Mitch McConnell
#97. I didn't have bands that I was playing with growing up, so I learned to try to adapt and play these songs that were guitar songs on the piano, and sing them.
Page McConnell
#98. Prison experience puts distance between me and any person who hasn't been there, done that.
Patricia McConnell
#99. By far the most common project risks in software development are poor requirements and poor project planning, thus preparation tends to focus on improving requirements and project plans.
Steve McConnell
#100. Remember the 11th commandment. Thou shalt not take thyself to damn seriously.
Roy Mcconnell
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