Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The eleventh commandment was "Thou Shalt Compute" or "Thou Shalt Not Compute" - I forget which.
Alan J. Perlis
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent van Gogh
It makes no sense to try to do what we can. We must do what is necessary.
Winston Churchill
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger
* No technique works if it isn't used. * Ethics change with technology. * "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Niven's laws
Documentation is like sex. When it's good, it's fantastic. When it's bad, it's still better than nothing.
Anonymous
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
Rich Cook
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray