Rewrite Quotes

164 quotes by 141 authors

Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse) — Eric S. Raymond
I know now for a fact that improv can't hold a candle to doing standup. It's not the same buzz, it just isn't. It feels… — Ron James
Historians constantly rewrite history, reinterpreting (reorganizing) the records of the past. So, too, when the brain's coherent responses become part of a memory, they are… — Israel Rosenfield
It doesn't seem to be worth wasting a lot of energy on attempting to rewrite the past. — Douglas Tompkins
Obviously, I would have been happier if Canada had not been conquered in the past by the English, if this part of North America had… — Jean Chretien
Don't document bad code - rewrite it. — Brian Kernighan
I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work — Gay Talese
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. — Elmore Leonard
You've got to write badly. If you write badly at least you've got something to rewrite. If you're scared to write badly, then you've got… — Tony Grisoni
Secure writers don't sell first drafts. They patiently rewrite until the script is as director-ready, as actor-ready as possible. Unfinished work invites tampering, while polished,… — Robert McKee
Be suspicious of any work that is not building product or getting customers. It's easy to get sucked into an infrastructure rewrite death spiral. — Sam Altman
The moment you change your perception is the moment you rewrite the chemistry of your body. — Bruce H. Lipton
The whole point of fanfiction is that you get to play inside somebody else's universe. Rewrite the rules. Or bend them. The story doesn't have… — Rainbow Rowell
The BBC is very much in thrall to all this techno cross-fertilisation, in much the same way that print journalists are now encouraged to blog.… — Kathryn Flett
The curves of your lips rewrite history. — Oscar Wilde
Lucky accidents seldom happen to writers who don't work. You will find that you may rewrite and rewrite a poem and it never seems quite… — Richard Hugo
The great thing about mod_rewrite is it gives you all the configurability and flexibility of Sendmail. The downside to mod_rewrite is that it gives you… — Brian Behlendorf
And the most important thing you can do is learn to edit yourself. And then go back and rewrite. — Kurt Loder
I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads. — Paddy Ashdown
Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. — John Steinbeck

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