Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
One does not learn computing by using a hand calculator, but one can forget arithmetic.
Alan J. Perlis
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson
If at first you don't succeed, try/catch, try/catch again.
Anonymous
Vi is a subset of evil.
Anonymous
One can't proceed from the informal to the formal by formal means.
Alan J. Perlis
There is nothing quite so permanent as a quick fix.
Anonymous
Tell me what you need and I'll tell you how to get along without it.
Anonymous
It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
Hofstadter's Law
Nothing is more permanent than a temporary solution.
Thomas' First Law
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
Bjarne Stroustrup