Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The question of whether computers can think is just like the question of whether submarines can swim.
Edsger W. Dijkstra
C is to programming as Latin is to literature.
Anonymous
Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon.
Alan J. Perlis
They did not know it was impossible, so they did it!
Mark Twain
Every program is a part of some other program and rarely fits.
Alan J. Perlis
Sometimes I think the only universal in the computing field is the fetch-execute cycle.
Alan J. Perlis
Software and cathedrals are much the same - first we build them, then we pray.
Anonymous
A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.
Alan J. Perlis
Confidence, n.: The feeling you have before you understand the situation.
Anonymous
I think Microsoft named .Net so it wouldn't show up in a Unix directory listing.
Oktal