Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents.
Nathaniel Borenstein
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
C(++) is a write-only, high-level assembler language.
Stefan Van Baelen
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
Alan J. Perlis
It is easier to port a shell than a shell script.
Larry Wall
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
Motto for a research laboratory: What we work on today, others will first think of tomorrow.
Alan J. Perlis
In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates?
Anonymous
Software is hard.
Donald Knuth