Clever Quote by Edsger Dijkstra

The competent programmer is fully aware of the strictly limited size of his own skull; therefore he approaches the programming task in full humility,…

— Edsger Dijkstra

The effective exploitation of his powers of abstraction must be regarded as one of the most vital activities of a competent programmer.

— Edsger Dijkstra

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

— Larry Wall

A good programmer is someone who always looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.

— Doug Linder

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

— Larry Wall

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.

— Gautama Buddha

“Anyone who has ever seen a programmer at work... knows that programming itself, if the programmer is given the chance to do it his…

— Dave Hoover

The programmer, who needs clarity, who must talk all day to a machine that demands declarations, hunkers down into a low-grade annoyance. It is…

— Ellen Ullman

“What programmer didn’t live with a deadline over his head?”

— B.V. Larson

Don't blame me for the fact that competent programming, as I view it as an intellectual possibility, will be too difficult for the average…

— Edsger Dijkstra

Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.

— Anonymous

Man is programmed to find the programmer.

— Kedar Joshi