Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
It’s hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn’t a book on software design.
Bruce Tognazzini
Most people find the concept of programming obvious, but the doing impossible.
Alan J. Perlis
Profanity is the one language all programmers know best.
Anonymous
If you can imagine a society in which the computer - robot is the only menial, you can imagine anything.
Alan J. Perlis
The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late."
Seymour Cray
There is no programming language, no matter how structured, that will prevent programmers from making bad programs.
Larry Flon
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Sir Arthur C Clarke
Engineers are all basically high-functioning autistics who have no idea how normal people do stuff.
Cory Doctorow
Giving pointers and threads to programmers is like giving whisky and car keys to teenagers.
P. J. O'Rourke
Simplicity - the art of maximizing the amount of work not done - is essential.
Agile Manifesto