Quotes

General:

If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re unlikely to end up there. – Forrest Gump
I know you believe you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize what you heard is not what I meant.
I have always felt, that the Geneva Convention is a dangerous piece of stupidity, because it leads people to believe that war can be civilized. It can’t. – Capt. John Tonkin
Check the spelling, first automatically and then by hand. After awl, their are spelling miss steaks that the chequer can knot ketch. – The Pragmatic Programmer
When everybody actually is out to get you, paranoia is just good thinking – The Pragmatic Programmer
Professionals are predictable, it’s the amateurs that are dangerous.
Never forget that your weapon is made by the lowest bidder.
My friend, the panda will never fulfill his destiny, nor you yours until you let go of the illusion of control – Oogway, “Kung Fu Panda”.
There is a saying: yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the “present” – Oogway, “Kung Fu Panda”.

Programming:

“It has been discovered that C++ provides a remarkable facility for concealing the trivial details of a program–such as where its bugs are.” – David Keppel
“The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs can’t acquire bugs by sitting around with other buggy programs.” – Harlan Mills
“There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.” – Alan J.Perlis
“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.
“Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.” – Martin Golding
“Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.” – Stan Kelly-Bootle