Prateek Jain

“Wise men may grow arrogant in their wisdom, but a maester must always remain humble.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast For Crows

“big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance. Great scholars and writers and polite speakers use simple words.”
― Joseph Devlin, How to Speak and Write Correctly

“Archmaester Rigney once wrote that history is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again, he said.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Feast for Crows

“Being able to take needless work out of the system is more important than being able to put more work into the system.”
― Gene Kim, The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win