GT's Blog: quotes

Here is some my favorite quotes that i collected from different pages

"In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion."
Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.-Martin Fowler
Theory is when one knows everything, but nothing works. Practice is when everything works, but nobody knows why.
Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why.
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution.
Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. Donald Knuth
"There are 10 types of people in the world, those who can read binary, and those who can't."
We better hurry up and start coding, there are going to be a lot of bugs to fix.
UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity- Dennis Ritchie
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter-Cicero
"When all you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail."

Diplomacy is the art of saying "nice doggy" ... until you can find a rock.
It's not a bug, it's a feature. >> Support
As far as I can tell, calling something philosophical is like greasing a pig to make it hard to catch.
It’s always known that one horse can run faster than another. But which one?
Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.
If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
We could never learn to be brave and patient If there were only joy in the world.
War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
Gratitude is expensive. Revenge is profitable.
A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the word you first thought of.
The greatest weariness comes from work not done.
It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Anything is possible, but only a few things actually happen.
No matter how big or soft or warm your bed is, you still have to get out of it.
I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks.
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.
I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty;I woke, and found that life was duty.

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