Top 50 QA and testing quotes

Imagine a world where software works flawlessly, where products and services meet your expectations and give you a satisfying experience. This is the world we can create with testing.

From inspirational statements to valuable insight into the crucial role testing plays in software development, here is the definitive list of the 50 best quotes about testing. Each of these quotes will take you on a journey through the importance of software quality and the need to be critical and think analytically during the testing process.

Through exploration and experimentation, or through questioning and observation, testing is essential to ensure that a product or service meets the specified requirements and is ready for delivery to the end user.

So, are you ready to discover how testing can help you create a world of perfect software programs?

Check out these quotes and let them inspire you!

Testing quotes:

1. “Testing is the process of trying to break the code" - Anonymous

2. “Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding" - Burt Rutan

3. ”If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in" - Edsger Dijkstra

4. “Good code is its own best documentation. As you’re about to add a comment, ask yourself, ‘How can I improve the code so that this comment isn’t needed?’" - Steve McConnell

   5”. Testing can only prove the presence of bugs, not their absence" - Edsger Dijkstra

5. “A good test is one that has a high probability of breaking the code if there is a problem" - Michael Bolton

6. “Testing is the art of finding a black box and making it sing" - James Bach

7. ”Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it" - Brian W. Kernighan

8. ”Testing is the process of evaluating a system or its component(s) with the intent to find whether it satisfies the specified requirements or not" - Anonymous

9. ”The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing" - John Powell

QA quotes:

11. ”Quality is not an act, it is a habit" - Aristotle

12. ”Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution" - John Ruskin

13. ”Quality means doing it right when no one is looking" - Henry Ford

14. ”Quality is free, but it's not a gift" - Phil Crosby

15. ”Quality is not an act, it is a habit. The measure of intelligence is the ability to change" - Albert Einstein

16. ”Quality is the best business plan" - John Lasseter

17. ”Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric" - Phil Crosby

18. ”Quality is not having to apologize" - Sheldon Kopp

19. ”Quality is the best business plan" - Phil Crosby

20. ”Quality is the result of an intelligent effort, not a chance happening" - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Tester quotes:

21. ”A good tester is a skeptical tester" - James Bach

22. ”The role of a tester is to break the software" - Michael Hunter

23. ”A tester is only as good as the test cases they can think of" - Cem Kaner

24. ”The goal of a tester is not to find bugs, it's to validate that the software meets the requirements" - Rex Black

25. ”A good tester is a detective, not a robot" - Jonathon Wright

26. ”Testing is like a game of chess, you have to think ahead of the developer" - Huib Schoots

27. ”A tester's job is to ask the questions that the user would ask, not the ones the developer expects" - Michael Bolton

28. ”A tester is a translator between the developer and the customer" - James Whittaker

29. ”The best tester is one who can put themselves in the customer's shoes" - Greta James

30. ”A good tester is the one who can find the needle in the haystack" - Neil Thompson

Agile quotes:

31. ”The best way to predict the future is to create it" - Kent Beck

32. ”The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that's changing quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks" - Alistair Cockburn

33. ”If you're not failing, you're not trying hard enough" - Martin Fowler

34. ”In a agile environment, the only constant is change" - Jeff Sutherland

35. ”Agile is not a methodology, it's a mindset" - Dave Thomas

36. ”The Agile manifesto values working software over comprehensive documentation" - Bob Martin

37. ”Agile is about delivering value to the customer, not just delivering software" - Ken Schwaber

38. ”Agile is not about being fast, it's about being adaptable" - Mike Cohn

39. ”In Agile, the customer is always right, even when they are wrong" - Ron Jeffries

40. ”Agile is not a silver bullet, it's a tool to be used when appropriate" - Jim Highsmith

Cybersecurity quotes:

41. ”There are two types of companies: those who have been hacked and those who will be" - Robert Mueller

42. ”The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards" - Bruce Schneier

43. ”Cybersecurity is not just about technology, it's about people" - Kevin Mitnick

44. ”Cybersecurity is not a one-time event, it's an ongoing process" - Dan Kaminsky

45. ”Cybersecurity is not just the responsibility of the IT department, it's the responsibility of everyone" - Frank Abagnale

46. ”Cybersecurity is not just about protecting against external threats, it's also about protecting against internal threats" - Chris Roberts

47. ”Cybersecurity is not just about protecting data, it's about protecting the business" - Steve Durbin

48. ”Cybersecurity is not about perfection, it's about risk management" - Brian Kreb

49. ”Cybersecurity is not a destination, it's a journey" - Richard Clarke

50. ”Cybersecurity is not an IT problem, it's a business problem" - Bill Brenner

In summary, testing is essential to ensure that software products and services meet specified requirements and are ready for delivery to the end user. As can be seen from these quotes, testing requires critical thinking, analytical thinking and a focus on quality.

From now on, whenever you face a project that requires testing of any kind (be it functional, performance or API testing), we hope that these quotes will give you the perspective to find new approaches.