Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Robert X. Cringely
A computer is a stupid machine with the ability to do incredibly smart things, while computer programmers are smart people with the ability to do incredibly stupid things. They are, in short, a perfect match.
Bill Bryson
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.
Alan J. Perlis
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H L Mencken
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.
Martin Fowler
Web Development is a lot like kickboxing: You have to watch your cookies.
Anonymous
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
Programming can be fun, so can cryptography; however they should not be combined.
Kreitzberg and Shneiderman
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso