Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Weeks of coding can save you hours of planning.
Anonymous
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
Don't worry if it doesn't work right. If everything did, you'd be out of a job.
Mosher's Law of Software Engineering
Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction: One, it's completely impossible. Two, it's possible, but it's not worth doing. Three, I said it was a good idea all along.
Arthur C. Clarke
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions." Now they have two problems.
Jamie Zawinski
* No technique works if it isn't used.
Niven's laws
* Ethics change with technology.
* "F × S = k" the product of freedom and security is a constant.
Processes and methodologies can make good servants but are poor masters.
Mark Dowd, John McDonald & Justin Schuh