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30 Top Quote for Software Engineer

30 top quotes that every software engineer should know

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Standards are always out of date.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

~ Unknown

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

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