Reddit pointed the way to not one, but two repositories of computer science quotations this morning. I’m a big fan of quotations, especially if they’re educational, inspiration, or funny — and if anyone is still bothering to quote someone, chances are it is at least one of those three.
The first is a Quotations for Learning and Programming, and contains a large alphabetically organized set of quotations.
The next is a plain text file called quotes.txt, with no discernable organization, but with predominantly humorous quotations. My favorites:
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
– Brian W. Kernighan
and
I had a nightmare once in which I a had convinced a friend how wonderful C++ is. A while later he came back., and he was mad.
– Robin Rosenberg [http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1fYEA-pz-21%40gated-at.bofh.it]
can you send me some good info on quotations all the other sites don’t have good enouf stuff?
My favorite quotations site is WIST (for “Wish I’d Said That”). He has over 4,000 quotations, it’s well organized, and I really like almost all of what he’s chosen.
Not sure if I can help much more than that. Thanks for stopping by!