Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
God is Real, unless declared Integer.
Anonymous
The cheapest, fastest, and most reliable components are those that aren't there.
Gordon Bell
Good design adds value faster than it adds cost.
Thomas C. Gale
Any set of procedures, no matter how well intentioned or useful, that are too difficult to follow, will be circumvented.
Ravera's First Law of System Administration
Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by 'they', I mean 'computers'. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
Dave Barry
I'll try to be nicer if you try to be smarter.
Assaf Nitzan
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft...and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.
Wernher von Braun
Recursion is the root of computation since it trades description for time.
Alan J. Perlis
A programmer that is 10 times better than another will probably be happy making only 3 times as much.
Paul Graham
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall