Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I've never written the best code I've ever written.
Anonymous
You think you know when you can learn, are more sure when you can write, even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
Alan J. Perlis
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich
The best things are simple, but finding these simple things is not simple.
Anonymous
It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
Steve McConnell
The most important computer is the one that rages in our skulls and ever seeks that satisfactory external emulator. The standarization of real computers would be a disaster - and so it probably won't happen.
Alan J. Perlis
Software is like sex: It's better when it's free.
Linus Torvalds
There are no significant bugs in our released software that any significant number of users want fixed.
Bill Gates
If you give someone a program, you will frustrate them for a day; if you teach them how to program, you will frustrate them for a lifetime.
Anonymous
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis