Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If it doesn't have to work, we can do it real quick.
Watts Humphrey
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it.
Donald Knuth
It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
One does not learn computing by using a hand calculator, but one can forget arithmetic.
Alan J. Perlis
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
If two people write exactly the same program, each should be put into microcode and then they certainly won't be the same.
Alan J. Perlis
Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs.
James Gosling
Startups almost never get it right the first time. Much more commonly you launch something, and no one cares. Don’t assume when this happens that you’ve failed. That’s normal for startups. But don’t sit around doing nothing. Iterate.
Paul Graham
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Bill Gates