Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
A fool with a tool is still a fool.
Anonymous
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"
When we write programs that "learn", it turns out that we do and they don't.
Alan J. Perlis
Working software is the primary measure of progress.
Agile Manifesto
Optimization hinders evolution.
Alan J. Perlis
Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.
Alan J. Perlis
When you want to do something differently from the rest of the world, it's a good idea to look into whether the rest of the world knows something you don't.
Anonymous
All programmers are optimists.
Frederick Brooks
Giving up on assembly language was the apple in our Garden of Eden: Languages whose use squanders machine cycles are sinful. The LISP machine now permits LISP programmers to abandon bra and fig-leaf.
Alan J. Perlis
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero