Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden, basketball coach
XML is like violence - if it's not working for you, you're not using enough of it.
Anonymous
One man's constant is another man's variable.
Alan J. Perlis
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity.
Dennis Ritchie
It makes no sense to try to do what we can. We must do what is necessary.
Winston Churchill
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
There are two major products that come out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
Jeremy S. Anderson
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
Rick Osborne
Blame doesn't fix bugs.
Anonymous
It goes against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail and learning to be self-critical?
Alan J. Perlis