Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
When it comes to code it never pays to rush.
Marick's Law
Three things should never be seen in the process of being created: laws, sausage, and software.
Anonymous
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
All real programmers know C of course.
Jeff Atwood
Complexity has nothing to do with intelligence, simplicity does.
Larry Bossidy
Pasting code from the Internet into production code is like chewing gum found in the street.
Anonymous
On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
Charles Babbage
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Anonymous