Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich
Python's syntax succeeds in combining the mistakes of Lisp and Fortran. I do not construe that as progress.
Larry Wall
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
Isaac Asimov
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison
In software systems, it is often the early bird that makes the worm.
Alan J. Perlis
Change breaks the brittle.
Jan Houtema
Your code is both good and original. Unfortunately the parts that are good are not original, and the parts that are original are not good.
Anonymous
One who works with their hands is a laborer.
Anonymous
One who works with their hands and their mind is a craftsman.
One who works with their hands, mind and heart is an artist.
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell