Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.
Alan J. Perlis
What I cannot build, I do not understand.
Richard Feynman
You have to "solve" the problem once in order to clearly define it and then solve it again to create a solution that works.
Anonymous
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
Alan J. Perlis
The C Programming Language — A language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language.
Anonymous
A fool with a tool is still a fool.
Anonymous
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Josh Billings
Starting a startup is hard, but having a 9 to 5 job is hard too, and in some ways a worse kind of hard.
Paul Graham
It's OK to figure out murder mysteries, but you shouldn't need to figure out code. You should be able to read it.
Steve McConnell
My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
P. J. Plauger