Failure Quote by Richard Marshall

When I write software, I know that it will fail, either due to my own mistake, or due to some other cause.

— Wietse Venema

A typical software project can present more opportunities to learn from mistakes than some people get in a lifetime.

— Steve McConnell

Writing software is a very intense, very personal thing. You have to have time to work your way through it, to understand it. Then…

— Vint Cerf

However, writing software without defects is not sufficient. In my experience, it is at least as difficult to write software that is safe -…

— Wietse Venema

“You Can't Write Perfect Software. Did that hurt? It shouldn't. Accept it as an axiom of life. Embrace it. Celebrate it. Because perfect software…

— Andrew Hunt

A lot of people assume that creating software is purely a solitary activity where you sit in an office with the door closed all…

— Bill Gates

Most software has a tiny essence that justifies its existence, everything after that is wants and desires mistaken for needs and necessities.

— David Heinemeier Hansson

As a rule, software systems do not work well until they have been used, and have failed repeatedly, in real applications.

— Anonymous

“Software lives and matures over time.”

— Ka Wai Cheung

Once you understand how to write a program get someone else to write it.

— Alan Perlis

Software is different than other products um, partly because it's, it's not physical and, and partly because of its complexity. You can express in…

— Bill Gates

It has occurred to me that if people really knew how software got written, I'm not sure they'd give their money to a bank…

— Ellen Ullman