Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
The best things are simple, but finding these simple things is not simple.
Anonymous
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
Alan J. Perlis
Anyone who has a wife and small kids knows that programming belongs to the easy things in life.
Anonymous
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
Software is either testable or detestable.
Anonymous
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous
It makes no sense to try to do what we can. We must do what is necessary.
Winston Churchill
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
Within a computer natural language is unnatural.
Alan J. Perlis