Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
If you want to set off and go develop some grand new thing, you don't need millions of dollars of capitalization. You need enough pizza and Diet Coke to stick in your refrigerator, a cheap PC to work on and the dedication to go through with it.
John Carmack
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.
Anonymous
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
You can't eliminate problems, but you can make trades to get problems that you prefer over the ones you have now.
Eric Sink’s Axiom of Software Development
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
Rich Kulawiec
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
I hate code, and I want as little of it in our product as possible.
Jack Diederich
There are only 3 numbers of interest to a computer scientist: 1, 0 and infinity.
Anonymous
What happens in the mind of a fine artist is nothing different from that going on in the mind of an expert coder. Both see and thrive in the quintessential nature of patterns.
Lawrence Mucheka