Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on and the dedication to go through with it.
John Carmack
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
Any technology that surpasses 50% penetration will never double again (in any number of months).
Peter Norvig's law
Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Mosher's Law of Software Engineering
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
The only constructive theory connecting neuroscience and psychology will arise from the study of software.
Alan J. Perlis
Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to see it as a soap bubble?
Alan J. Perlis
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
Software Engineering isn't rocket science ... it's harder.
Anonymous