Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft...and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.
Wernher von Braun
Once you've dressed and before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take at least one thing off.
Coco Chanel
I will not be a lemming and follow the crowd over the cliff and into the C.
John Beidler
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H L Mencken
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in.
Edsger Dijkstra
Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Mosher's Law of Software Engineering
Anyone who considers arithmetic methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
John von Neumann
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
In C, its easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it more difficult, but when you do, you'll blow your whole leg off.
Stroustrup
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