Famous Computer Science Quotes

Feed your mind with great quotes from the best computer nerds of all time. The following quotes are some of my favorite quotes that I shamelessly collected from the internet.

1. Although the saying goes, ``Time is money", time is even more valuable than money: you can get back money after you spend it, but once time is spent, you can never get it back. – Introduction to Algorithms (CLRS)

2. One of the guiding principles of C++ is that you shouldn’t have to pay (in memory usage or processing time) for features you don’t use. – Bjarne Stroustrup

3. What makes a great game is not usually how fast it is or how good the graphics are. There has to be something that makes you play it, something that keeps you with it. – Linus Torvalds

4. We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:

   • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools

   • Working software over comprehensive documentation

   • Customer collaboration over contract negotiation

   • Responding to change over following a plan

   – Manifesto for Agile Software Development

5. Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. – Bjame Stroustrup