Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
So many good ideas are never heard from again once they embark in a voyage on the semantic gulf.
Alan J. Perlis
If we can't fix it, then it ain't broke.
Jon Bentley
Debugging is anticipated with distaste, performed with reluctance, and bragged about forever.
Dan Kaminsky
The best things are simple, but finding these simple things is not simple.
Anonymous
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson
I Hate Programming.
Anonymous
I Hate Programming.
I Hate Programming.
It works!
I Love Programming.
Dealing with failure is easy: Work hard to improve. Success is also easy to handle: You've solved the wrong problem. Work hard to improve.
Alan J. Perlis
The whole HTML validation exercise is questionable, but validating as XHTML is flat-out masochism. Only recommended for those that enjoy pain. Or programmers. I can't always tell the difference.
Jeff Atwood
A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing.
Alan J. Perlis