“I am easily inspired by measurable progress...”

“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”

“Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.”

“I EXPECT MEASURABLE PROGRESS IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.”

“The first step is to measure whatever can be easily measured. This is OK as far as it goes. The second step is to disregard that which can't be easily measured or to give it an arbitrary quantitative value. This is artificial and misleading. The third step is to presume that what can't be measured easily really isn't important. This is blindness. The fourth step is to say that what can't be easily measured really doesn't exist. This is suicide.”

“I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately I am inspired at 9 o'clock every morning.”