Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.
E. W. Dijkstra
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late."
Seymour Cray
Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which cannot so expand are replaced by ones which can.
Jamie Zawinski
Web Development is a lot like kickboxing: You have to watch your cookies.
Anonymous
It’s hardware that makes a machine fast. It’s software that makes a fast machine slow.
Craig Bruce
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell
UNIX is user friendly. It just picks whom it wants to be friends with.
Anonymous
90% of everything is crap
Sturgeon's Revelation