Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
What happens in the mind of a fine artist is nothing different from that going on in the mind of an expert coder. Both see and thrive in the quintessential nature of patterns.
Lawrence Mucheka
Because of its vitality, the computing field is always in desperate need of new cliches: Banality soothes our nerves.
Alan J. Perlis
There will always be things we wish to say in our programs that in all known languages can only be said poorly.
Alan J. Perlis
There are 10 types of people. Those who can read ternary, those who can't and those who mistake it for binary.
Anonymous
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton
90% of everything is crap
Sturgeon's Revelation
A program without a loop and a structured variable isn't worth writing.
Alan J. Perlis
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
Software Engineering isn't rocket science ... it's harder.
Anonymous