There was a very interesting thread a couple of days ago on StackOverflow (great site, by the way) on “Great Programming Quotes” and it got some great responses. Read it here.

Here is a selection of some of my own favorite geek quotes. Most of them are from the Bugzilla quip list I created at work (hence the flavor). I’m mostly posting these for my own future reference.

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. (Donald Knuth)

Anything that happens happens, anything that in happening causes something else to happen causes something else to happen, and anything that in happening causes itself to happen again, happens again. Although not necessarily in chronological order. (Douglas Adams)

– Why do we have to hide from the police, daddy?
– Because we use vi, son. They use emacs.
(via Michael Crawford)

One should expect that the expected can be prevented, but the unexpected should have been expected. (Norman Augustine)

I never guess. It is a shocking habit — destructive to the logical faculty. (“Sherlock Holmes”)

When trouble is solved before it forms, who calls that clever? (Sun Tzu)

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair. (Douglas Adams)

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. (Thomas Edison)

It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong. (Richard Feynman)

In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man. (Kong Fu Zi aka Confucius)

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Beckett)

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You’d be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men. (Isaac Asimov)

I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones. (“Dr Who”)

Lance: If you’re all right, then say something. Mia: Something.

Two men say they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong. (Dire Straits, “Industrial Disease”)

Dont like this bug? Hit the escape button.

If I had asked my customers what they wanted they would have said a faster horse. (Henry Ford)

If you aren’t sure if something is a bug, that’s a bug. Please file a bug and mention your uncertainty in the bug report. (Tabriz, Sun Engineer)