Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Like a gas, software expands to fill its containing memory completely.
Anonymous
Engineering is the art of doing with one dollar what any damn fool can do with two.
From Space Systems Failures by David M. Harland and Ralph D. Lorenz
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
It takes an intelligent person to build something complex; it takes a genius to build something simple.
Anonymous
In effect, we conjure the spirits of the computer with our spells.
From SICP
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Josh Billings
Good programmers know what to write. Great ones know what to rewrite (and reuse).
Eric Raymond
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late."
Seymour Cray
Programming is an unnatural act.
Alan J. Perlis