Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When we understand knowledge-based systems, it will be as before -- except our fingertips will have been singed.
Alan J. Perlis
If you're going to break it, then break it good. Break everything. Get to the very front of the line. Don't like move up a couple of slots. That's pointless.
Anders Hejlsberg
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
If we believe in data structures, we must believe in independent (hence simultaneous) processing. For why else would we collect items within a structure? Why do we tolerate languages that give us the one without the other?
Alan J. Perlis
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind.
Alan Kay
If it works, leave it alone — there's no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there's no time to understand it.
Bill Pfeifer
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If it's original, you'll have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken