Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.
George S. Patton
Never underestimate the disparity between developer excitement and user apathy.
Anonymous
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
I went to school to learn how to program software applications, which inevitably have bug defects. There was no course at my university on testing, debugging, profiling, or optimization. These things you have to learn on your own, usually in a tight deadline.
Juixe TechKnow
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
In essence, let the market design the product.
Paul Graham
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute.
From SICP