Don't explain computers to laymen. Simpler to explain sex to a virgin.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.
~ Jean Rostand
The best was created without sleeping and drinking coca-cola. For what am I talking?For the Future of the computers check out the beginning then check out the now.
~ Deyth Banger
It's hardware that makes a machine fast. It's software that makes a fast machine slow.
~ Craig Bruce
People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
~ Adam Osborne
Before software should be reusable, it should be usable
~ Ralph Johnson
Computers are incredibly fast, accurate, and stupid. Human beings are incredibly slow, inaccurate, and brilliant. Together they are powerful beyond imagination.
~ Albert Einstein
A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street
~ Doug Linder
Everybody should learn to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.
~ Steve Jobs
Students who study computer science unlock a world of opportunities for themselves
~ John Deasy
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand
~ Martin Fowler
Sometimes it pays to stay in bed on Monday, rather than spending the rest of the week debugging Monday’s code
~ Dan Salomon
If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in
~ Edsger Dijkstra
The computer was born to solve problems that did not exist before.
~ Bill Gates
Standards are always out of date. That’s what makes them standards
~ Alan Bennett
In a room full of top software designers, if two agree on the same thing, that’s a majority
~ Bill Curtis
If you think you are worth what you know, you are very wrong. Your knowledge today does not have much value beyond a couple of years. Your value is what you can learn and how easily you can adapt to the changes this profession brings so often.
~ Jose M. Aguilar
Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute
~ Abelson and Sussman
Commenting your code is like cleaning your bathroom — you never want to do it, but it really does create a more pleasant experience for you and your guests.
~ Ryan Campbell
Looking at code you wrote more than two weeks ago is like looking at code you are seeing for the first time.
~ Dan Hurvitz
Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes
~ Oscar Wilde
Code is like humor. When you have to explain it, it’s bad
~ Cory House
There is an easy way and a hard way. The hard part is finding the easy way
~ Unknown
Without requirements or design, programming is the art of adding bugs to an empty text file
~ Louis Srygley
Programming is like sex. One mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life
~ Michael Sinz
Don't worry if it doesn't work right.If everything did, you'd be out of a job
Code always does what you want and people don't
~ Mark Zuckerberg
Computer programming is quickly becoming an essential career skill. Learning to code is a fantastic opportunity equalizer, if you’re good at it, it can help you achieve your dreams
~ Cory Booker
The programmers of tomorrow are the wizards of the future. You gonna look like you have magic powers compared to anybody else
~ Gabe Newell
I taught myself how to program computers when I was a kid, bought my first computer when I was 10 and sold my first commercial program when I was 12.
~ Elon Musk