Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
As soon as you agree on the number of spaces for indentation, no-one argues for tabs.
Alvar Lumberg
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis
The word “experienced” often refers to someone who’s gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
Laurence Gonzales
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
God is a hacker, not an engineer. You can do reverse engineering, but you can’t do reverse hacking.
Francis Crick
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
Owning a computer without programming is like having a kitchen and using only the microwave oven.
Charles Petzold
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
Jeremy S. Anderson
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous