"Brook’s Law: adding human resources to a late software project makes it later."
Frederick Brooks
"Never trust a computer you can’t throw out a window."
Steve Wozniak
"Computer language design is just like a stroll in the park. Jurassic Park, that is."
Larry Wall
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
Bill Gates, 1981
"The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner."
Jim Highsmith
"Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live."
Damian Conway
"I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone."
Bjarne Stroustrup
"An API that isn't comprehensible isn't usable."
James Gosling
"One man’s crappy software is another man’s full time job."
Jessica Gaston
"Discovering the unexpected is more important than confirming the known."
George E. P. Box
"Automation does not do what testers used to do, unless one ignores most things a tester really does. Automated testing is useful for extending the reach of the testers work, not to replace it."
James Bach
"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten."
Benjamin Franklin
"Before you marry a person you should first make them use a computer with slow Internet to see who they really are."
Will Ferrell
"Run! Get to the chopper!"
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Dutch in Predator
"Jack Burton: “Everybody relax, I'm here.”"
Kurt Russell in Big Trouble in Little China
"Jack Burton: “I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.”"
Kurt Russell in Big Trouble in Little China
"Kyle Reese: “Come with me if you want to live.”"
Michael Biehn in The Terminator
"The Joker: “Haven't you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?”"
Jack Nicholson in Batman