Hackers Quotes

61 quotes by 35 authors

No matter what calamities befall him in everyday life, the true hacker still needs the pressure and inconvenience of four hours of trudging in wind… — Tom O'Connor
While the vast majority of hackers may be disinclined towards violence, it would only take a few to turn cyber terrorism into reality. — Dorothy E. Denning
The Yankees' Facebook page was hacked. The hacker was immediately purchased and signed to a 5 year contract with the Yankees. — Stephen Colbert
For the first time, individual hackers could afford to have home machines comparable in power and storage capacity to the minicomputers of ten years earlier… — Eric S. Raymond
A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker… — Eric S. Raymond
Berkeley hackers liked to see themselves as rebels against soulless corporate empires. — Eric S. Raymond
Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design than most languages… — Eric S. Raymond
It is widely grokked that cats have the hacker nature — Eric S. Raymond
The Hacker Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration. Hackers believe that something can always be better, and that nothing… — Mark Zuckerberg
Wicked Tribe, Rooling Tribe! is the mejor hacker tribe. Too small, too fast, too scientific! — Tad Williams
The hackers don't want to destroy the network. They want to keep it running, so they can keep making money from it. — Vinton Cerf
I have a G4 at home. Theyre great machines for individual users, and I even know a few core Linux hackers who are having a… — Nat Friedman
The intent of the individuals who created the DDoS attacks has nothing to do with hacking, and they are vandals, not hackers. — Kevin Mitnick
Software Engineering might be science; but that's not what I do. I'm a hacker, not an engineer. — Jamie Zawinski
While many hackers have the knowledge, skills, and tools to attack computer systems, they generally lack the motivation to cause violence or severe economic or… — Dorothy E. Denning
It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem… — Bob Barr
The beginnings of the hacker culture as we know it today can be conveniently dated to 1961, the year MIT acquired the first PDP-1. — Eric S. Raymond
Being able to break security doesn't make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer. — Eric S. Raymond
If you go to a coffee shop or at the airport, and you're using open wireless, I would use a VPN service that you could… — Kevin Mitnick
Without those hackers, we wouldn't solve the problems we need to solve, especially security — Fred Durst

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