Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.
Albert Einstein
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
We have the mini and the micro computer. In what semantic niche would the pico computer fall?
Alan J. Perlis
Any fool can use a computer. Many do.
Ted Nelson
In English every word can be verbed. Would that it were so in our programming languages.
Alan J. Perlis
It seems to me you can program with discipline or you can program with bondage and discipline. You can't avoid the discipline either way, but bondage appeals to some people.
Patrick Logan
Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.
Seymour Cray on virtual memory
If you can't explain something to a six-year-old, you really don't understand it yourself.
Albert Einstein
If you lie to the compiler, it will get its revenge.
Henry Spencere
Behind Every Successful Coder, there'an even more successful De-Coder to understand that Code.
Anonymous