Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
Isaac Asimov
If it doesn't work, it doesn't matter how fast it doesn't work.
Ravera's observation on premature optimization
If you require information, do not free memory containing the information.
MSDN
The object-oriented model makes it easy to build up programs by accretion. What this often means, in practice, is that it provides a structured way to write spaghetti code.
Paul Graham
Software is hard.
Donald Knuth
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson
If you've seen one picture of the Mandelbrot Set, you've seen them all.
Bill Karwin
Easy things should be easy and hard things should be possible.
Larry Wall
It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.
Steve McConnell
Interfaces keep things tidy, but don't accelerate growth: Functions do.
Alan J. Perlis