Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The Floppy Disk Icon means "save" for a whole generation of people who have never seen one.
Scott Hanselman
Good programmers never write what they can steal or borrow.
Jeff Atwood
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.
Anonymous
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
The word “experienced” often refers to someone who’s gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
Laurence Gonzales
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
In a 5 year period we get one superb programming language. Only we can't control when the 5 year period will be.
Alan J. Perlis
The difference between something that can go wrong and something that can’t possibly go wrong is that when something that can’t possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.
Douglas Adams
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis