Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Shakespeare
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way.
Alan J. Perlis
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
Bjarne Stroustrup
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Murphy's Law
Around computers it is difficult to find the correct unit of time to measure progress. Some cathedrals took a century to complete. Can you imagine the grandeur and scope of a program that would take as long?
Alan J. Perlis
Computers are getting smarter all the time. Scientists tell us that soon they will be able to talk to us. (And by 'they', I mean 'computers'. I doubt scientists will ever be able to talk to us.)
Dave Barry
Though a program be but three lines long, someday it will have to be maintained.
Tao Of Programming
Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there.
Josh Billings
When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
Alan J. Perlis
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.
Alan J. Perlis