Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Hanlon's Razor
... one of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
Robert Firth
Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done.
Andy Rooney
The best thing about a boolean is even if you are wrong, you are only off by a bit.
Anonymous
All programmers are optimists.
Frederick Brooks
Multitasking is the art of distracting yourself from two things you’d rather not be doing by doing them simultaneously.
Anonymous
Documentation is like term insurance: It satisfies because almost no one who subscribes to it depends on its benefits.
Alan J. Perlis
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan J. Perlis
It seems to me you can program with discipline or you can program with bondage and discipline. You can't avoid the discipline either way, but bondage appeals to some people.
Patrick Logan
C is quirky, flawed and an enormous success.
Dennis Ritchie