Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
Perhaps if we wrote programs from childhood on, as adults we'd be able to read them.
Alan J. Perlis
When in doubt, leave it out.
Joshua Bloch
Why did the Roman Empire collapse? What is Latin for office automation?
Alan J. Perlis
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
Once you've dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.
Coco Chanel
If you don't think you're doing great things, you're probably right.
Anonymous
Whatever code we hack, be it programming language, poetic language, math or music, curves or colourings, we create the possibility of new things entering the world. Not always great things, or even good things, but new things.
McKenzie Wark in "A hacker Manifesto":02