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title: "6 Ad Hoc Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“many software companies now deploy the Scrum project management methodology, which replaces a lot of this ad hoc messaging with regular, highly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-newport/many-software-companies-now-deploy-the-scrum-project-management/)

[Cal Newport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-newport/)

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> [So what starts is ad hoc and you never know where it's going to lead, so it's important to keep an open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/so-what-starts-is-ad-hoc-and-you-never-know-where-it-s-going-to-lead/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

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> [Harvard introduced the now famous ad hoc system whereby a group of experts in the field of the faculty member to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-rosovsky/harvard-introduced-the-now-famous-ad-hoc-system-whereby-a-group-of/)

[Henry Rosovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-rosovsky/)

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> [You know, the whole philosophy of ad hoc combinations has its strengths and its weaknesses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-parker/you-know-the-whole-philosophy-of-ad-hoc-combinations-has-its/)

[Evan Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/evan-parker-19596_ads_you-know-the-whole-philosophy-of-ad-hoc_2006475.png)

> [“In the same sense that every thermal differential wants to equalize itself, and every computer program wants to become a collection of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eliezer-yudkowsky/in-the-same-sense-that-every-thermal-differential-wants-to-equalize/)

[Eliezer Yudkowsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eliezer-yudkowsky/)

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> [“Ad hoc, ad loc, and quid pro quo: so little time, so much to know!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yellow-submarine/ad-hoc-ad-loc-and-quid-pro-quo-so-little-time-so-much-to-know/)

[Yellow Submarine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yellow-submarine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73a/yellow-submarine-287833_little-time_ad-hoc-ad-loc-and-quid-pro-quo-so-little_3052154.jpg)

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