“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.”
From http://www.developerfusion.com/code/195/mscomm-example/ but I'm sure they borrowed it from somewhere else.
"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
Some Quotes on Programmers and Others | Technacular
Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.
-Fred Brooks
Stupid People - Computer Programming Quotes
There are only two industries that refer to their customers as "users".
-Edward Tufte
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