Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Douglas Adams
In my experience, one of the most significant problems in software development is assuming. If you assume a method will passed the right parameter value, the method will fail.
Paul M. Duvall
Computation has made the tree flower.
Alan J. Perlis
Fight code entropy.
John Carmack
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority. If you type "Google" into Google, you can break the Internet.
Jen, "The IT Crowd"
C is to programming as Latin is to literature.
Anonymous
Never underestimate the disparity between developer excitement and user apathy.
Anonymous
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