quotes by Frederick Phillips Brooks

"A basic principle of data processing teaches the folly of trying to maintain independent files in synchonism."
— Frederick Phillips Brooks (The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering, 20th Anniversary Edition)

"A baseball manager recognizes a nonphysical talent, hustle, as an essential gift of great players and great teams. It is the characteristic of running faster than necessary, moving sooner than necessary, trying harder than necessary. It is essential for great programming teams, too."
— Frederick Phillips Brooks (Mythical Man-Month, The: Essays on Software Engineering, Anniversary Edition)