Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Like a gas, software expands to fill its containing memory completely.
Anonymous
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Code never lies, comments sometimes do.
Ron Jeffries
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Bill Gates
Before software should be reusable, it should be usable.
Ralph Johnson
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction: One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke
If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough.
Alan Kay
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
Anonymous
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis