Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent van Gogh
It's interface, not in your face.
Kai Krause
If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing on my shoulders.
Hal Abelson
Software is under a constant tension. Being symbolic it is arbitrarily perfectible; but also it is arbitrarily changeable.
Alan J. Perlis
Selecting a project due date before the requirements are properly gathered is like selecting which corner you want to paint yourself into, while simultaneously negating the doorway as a viable option.
Chris Ames
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.
Niels Bohr
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
Anonymous
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
Re graphics: A picture is worth 10K words - but only those to describe the picture. Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
Alan J. Perlis