“Eliminate all other factors, and the one which remains must be the truth.”
― The Sign of the Four
― The Sign of the Four
“An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie.”
― The Island of Dr. Moreau
― The Island of Dr. Moreau
“any improvements made anywhere besides the bottleneck are an illusion. Astonishing, but true! Any improvement made after the bottleneck is useless, because it will always remain starved, waiting for work from the bottleneck. And any improvements made before the bottleneck merely results in more inventory piling up at the bottleneck.”
― The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
― The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
“Those who don’t build must burn. It’s as old as history and juvenile delinquents.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“I suppose everything in existence takes its colour from the average hue of our surroundings.”
― The Island of Doctor Moreau
― The Island of Doctor Moreau
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