Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life.
Michael Sinz
The best writing is rewriting.
E. B. White
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson
When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't.
Anonymous
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Josh Billings
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read.
Pliny the Elder
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
Alan J. Perlis
Software Engineering isn't rocket science ... it's harder.
Anonymous
A year spent in artificial intelligence is enough to make one believe in God.
Alan J. Perlis