“When you start to build a serious wardrobe, the navy blazer is the very first piece you should choose. It can be a building block for an entire work and casual wardrobe.” ShouldFirstsPiecesBuildingSeriousBlockNavyCasualWardrobeBuilding BlocksBlazers Author:Derren Brown
“Part of any serious QA is removing Perl code the same way you go over a dilapidated building you inherit to remove chewing gum and duct tape and fix whatever was kept together for real.” WayRealTogetherBuildingSeriousCodeRemoveTapeGumChewingPerlDuct TapeChewing Gum Author:Erik Naggum
“If we're serious about building an economy that lasts, we have got to get serious about education. We are going to have to pick up our games and raise our standards.” IfsLastsGamesEconomyBuildingSeriousStandardsPicksRaisesHigh StandardsQuality Education Author:Barack Obama
“In science, the whole system builds on people looking at other people's results and building on top of them. In witchcraft, somebody had a small secret and guarded it - but never allowed others to really understand it and build on it. Traditional software is like witchcraft. In history, witchcraft just died out. The same will happen in software. When problems get serious enough, you can't have one person or one company guarding their secrets. You have to have everybody share in the knowledge.” PeoplePersonsEnoughWholeProblemHappensResultsSecretCompanyShareBuildingSeriousDiedTraditionalSoftwareWitchcraftGuardedGuarding Author:Linus Torvalds
“I've concluded that getting the categories right is an absolutely crucial step to building useful management theory, and unfortunately too few writers do this. You've got to engage in serious scholarship, and then figure out how to write it in a way that lots of people can understand.” PeopleWayWritingStepsFiguresBuildingSeriousTheoryManagementCategoriesCrucialScholarship Author:Clayton Christensen
“In Afghanistan you are not rebuilding, you are building. There is very limited infrastructure and extreme terrain, with deserts in the south and mountains so high in some areas that helicopters don't even fly well at a certain altitude because the air becomes so thin. The country has a serious problem of illiteracy, especially after so many years of war and Taliban rule.” YearsWellsWarCountryProblemCertainAirBuildingSeriousMountainAreasSouthExtremesDesertAfghanistanInfrastructureTalibanRebuildingHelicoptersTerrainIlliteracy Author:David Petraeus
“There is no political will for peace in the Israeli government. They're not serious about political peace because they're still building settlements and demolishing Palestinian homes. That is a great tragedy.” StillsHomeGovernmentPoliticalBuildingSeriousTragedyPalestinianIsraeliSettlementPolitical WillGreat Tragedy Author:Mairead Corrigan
“I would regret it if I'd failed at school and university, because if I had, I would have lacked the levels of education necessary to making a serious contribution to building South Africa.” IfsSchoolLevelsBuildingSeriousRegretSouthUniversityContributionSouth Africa Author:Thabo Mbeki
“If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility. It's not fluff. You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You have to know how the fittings go together. You have to master the mechanical, electrical, acoustical - everything.” TogetherResponsibilityBuildingSeriousArchitectBloodyTaking ResponsibilityElectrical Author:Frank Gehry
“I used to have a little whisky before I went on stage. I realized that could have slowly turned into something a bit more serious. I get hyped up. I also think doing it a lot, you get used to it. You get more confidence. It's confidence building, really.” ThinkingBuildingSeriousI RealizedWhisky Author:Sam Smith