Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman.
Alan J. Perlis
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Murphy's Law
Hardware is the part of a system you can kick. Software is the one you can only curse at.
Anonymous
Like punning, programming is a play on words.
Alan J. Perlis
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
Good programmers never write what they can steal or borrow.
Jeff Atwood
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis
I was a C++ programmer before I started designing Ruby. I programmed in C++ exclusively for two or three years. And after two years of C++ programming, it still surprised me.
Matz
You can stand on the shoulders of giants OR a big enough pile of dwarfs, works either way.
Anonymous
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr