Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Anonymous
Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
Stan Kelly-Bootle
If it works, leave it alone — there's no need to understand it. If it fails, try to fix it — there's no time to understand it.
Bill Pfeifer
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
Larry Wall
Good judgement is the result of experience ... Experience is the result of bad judgement.
Fred Brooks
Software with no bugs is obsolete.
Anonymous
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
I get as much enjoyment from trashing code as I do from scratching it out in the first place!
Anonymous
If at first you don't succeed, try/catch, try/catch again.
Anonymous