Berkeley Quote by Eric S. Raymond

Hackers are seen as shadowy figures with superhuman powers that threaten civilization.

— Mitch Kapor

“The first hackers were people in software who like solving problems and believe in freedom and helping each other. They produced a lot of…

— CJS Hayward

“Hackers are unruly. That is the essence of hacking. And it is also the essence of Americanness. It is no accident that Silicon Valley…

— Paul Graham

“Hackers, he told one interviewer, were “just this group of computer scientists who were trying to quickly prototype and see what was possible. That’s…

— Franklin Foer

“In this business, I find more value in working with hackers who abstract new realities from cast aside code and concepts than academics who…

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

In the '80s, society created a caricature of what a hacker or a programmer looked like: a guy wearing a hoodie, drinking energy drinks,…

— Reshma Saujani

What was once a comparatively minor threat - people hacking for fun or for bragging rights - has turned into full-blown economic espionage and…

— Christopher A. Wray

Hackers are breaking the systems for profit. Before, it was about intellectual curiosity and pursuit of knowledge and thrill, and now hacking is big…

— Kevin Mitnick

Hackers are arrogant geek romantics. They lack the attentive spirit of inquiry.

— Bruce Sterling

In early 1993, a hostile observer might have had grounds for thinking that the Unix story was almost played out, and with it the…

— Eric S. Raymond

“Intellectual curiosity was not one of the motives on the FBI’s list. Indeed, the whole concept seemed foreign to them. Those in authority tend…

— Paul Graham

I've never really been associated with the hackers very much. I am sympathetic to them. I understand how their mind works. It's like a…

— Steve Wozniak