Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. Bill Gates
Good, Fast, Cheap: Pick any two (you can't have all three).
Desconocido, RFC1925, The Fundamental Truths, 7a
Never be afraid of doing tasks you are not familiar with. Noah's Ark was built by an amateur. Professionals have built the Titanic. Desconocido, levselector.com
It is not a law of nature that software projects will run late, be cancelled, or be unreliable after deployment. Capers Jones, Social and Technical Reasons for Software Project Failures; STSC CrossTalk 2006