Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong, anything that can't go wrong will go wrong anyway.
Anonymous
Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Anonymous
If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on and the dedication to go through with it.
John Carmack
A program without a loop and a structured variable isn't worth writing.
Alan J. Perlis
Though the Chinese should adore APL, it's FORTRAN they put their money on.
Alan J. Perlis
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Cicero
In the long run every program becomes rococo - then rubble.
Alan J. Perlis
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'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