Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
Computers don't introduce order anywhere as much as they expose opportunities.
Alan J. Perlis
The Internet? Is that thing still around?
Homer Simpson
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci
C is quirky, flawed and an enormous success.
Dennis Ritchie
Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head.
Charles M Strauss
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous