Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because you are better.
Anonymous
Prolonged contact with the computer turns mathematicians into clerks and vice versa.
Alan J. Perlis
The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.
Harlan Ellison
To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.
Paul Ehrlich
First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.
John Johnson
Documentation is like sex. When it's good, it's fantastic. When it's bad, it's still better than nothing.
Anonymous
It is often easier to not do something dumb than it is to do something smart.
Anonymous
FORTRAN was the language of choice for the same reason that three-legged races are popular.
Ken Thompson
When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.
Alan J. Perlis
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem.
Alan J. Perlis