Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
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Anonymous
If you can build it, your users can break it.
Anonymous
The difference between theory and practice is smaller in theory than in practice.
Anonymous
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, anything that can't go wrong will go wrong anyway.
Anonymous
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed — it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
Alan J. Perlis
Sure, it's overkill. But you can never have too much overkill...
Anonymous
Never memorize what you can look up in books.
Albert Einstein
A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
Bill Bryson
Any fool can use a computer. Many do.
Ted Nelson
Once you've dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.
Coco Chanel