Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan J. Perlis
Talk is cheap, show me the code!
Linus Torvalds
Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.
David Kelly
The word “experienced” often refers to someone who’s gotten away with doing the wrong thing more frequently than you have.
Laurence Gonzales
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
Linux is only free if your time has no value.
Jamie Zawinski
I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.
Bjarne Stroustrup
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
Anonymous