#cod

But Susan's thoughts were far removed from the political implications of Digital Fortress. She was still struggling to comprehend its existence. She'd spent her life breaking codes, firmly denying the existence of the ultimate code. Every code is breakable - the Bergofsky Principle! She felt like an atheist coming face to face with God. ↗

— Dan Brown

#codes #science #upheaval #change

Code without tests is bad code. It doesn't matter how well written it is; it doesn't matter how pretty or object-oriented or well-encapsulated it is. With tests, we can change the behavior of our code quickly and verifiably. Without them, we really don't know if our code is getting better or worse. ↗

— Michael Feathers

#programming #change

I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering 'As you wish' but that's only because you were hearing wrong. 'I love you' was what it was, but you never heard. ↗

— William Goldman

#devotion #ignorance #love #love

In Elizabethan England you will only find small codpieces. Large ones, stuffed with wool and looking like an erect male member, are out of date ↗

— Ian Mortimer

#dating

The primary difference between sex and death is, with death there is no dress code ↗

— Josh Stern

#difference #dress-code #humor #sex #death

Real web designers write code. Always have, always will. ↗

— Jeffrey Zeldman

#design #webdesign #design

...It felt like they were telling each other secrets. Everything they said felt like that—whispered, tender, full of other meanings, like when you tell someone a dream or talk about your astrological signs as code for all the things you love about each other. ↗

— Francesca Lia Block

#astrology #code #dream #dreams #love

We all have the extraordinary coded within us, waiting to be released. ↗

— Jean Houston

#extraordinary #released #us #waiting #within

People appear like angels until you hear them speak. You must not rush to judge people by the colour of their cloaks, but by the content of their words! ↗

— Israelmore Ayivor

#cloaks #colour #content #crocodile-tears #deception

There’s glory and honour in being chosen. But not much room for free will ↗

— Elizabeth Wein

#code-name-verity #freedom #freedom-of-choice #freedom