“Computers in the future may weigh no more than one-and-a-half tonnes.” – Popular Mechanics, 1949

“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” – Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943

“I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last the year.” – Chief Business Editor, Prentice Hall, 1957

“Yeah, microchips, but what… is it good for?” - an IBM senior engineer, 1968

“There is no reason anyone in the right state of mind will want a computer in their home.” – Ken Olson, President of Digital Equipment Corp, 1977.

“As soon as we started programming, we found to our surprise that it wasn’t as easy to get programs right as we had thought. Debugging had to be discovered. I can remember the exact instant when I realized that a large part of my life from then on was going to be spent in finding mistakes in my own programmes.” – Maurice Wilkes discovers debugging, 1949.

“You can measure a programmer’s perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing viability of FORTRAN.” – Alan Perlis

“God made machine language; all the rest is the work of man.” – Anonymous

“Reach out and grep someone. - Bell Labs Unix

“Real Programmers don’t write in PL/I. PL/I is for programmers who can’t decide whether to write in COBOL or FORTRAN. – Programmers’ World

“At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. – Anonymous

“The world is coming to an end. Please log orff.” – Posix 2.1.1 System Shutdown Message

“A language that doesn’t affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.” – Alex Lu, commenting on Java Programming

“Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.” – Brook’s Law

“The C Programming Language: A new language which combines the flexibility of assembly language with the power of assembly language.” – Murphy’s Introduction to C