Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A C program is like a fast dance on a newly waxed dance floor by people carrying razors.
Waldi Ravens
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
Inside every complex program is a simple program trying to get out.
Anonymous
The third version is the first version that doesn't suck.
Mike Simpson
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
So many good ideas are never heard from again once they embark in a voyage on the semantic gulf.
Alan J. Perlis
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Rick Osborne
Make something fool-proof and someone will make a better fool.
Anonymous
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the Elder