I just had this idea to illustrate popular computer quotes for Browserling's nerd comic. I asked my illustrator to do it and here's what we made.
There are two major products that came out of Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We do not believe this to be a coincidence. Quote by Jeremy S. Anderson and Steve Aukstakalnis.
![](https://catonmat.net/images/illustrated-programming-quotes/bsd-unix-daemon-berkeley-lsd-browserling-comic.png)
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. Quote by John F. Woods.
![](https://catonmat.net/images/illustrated-programming-quotes/psychopath-code-browserling-comic.png)
Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Quote by Edsger W. Dijkstra.
![](https://catonmat.net/images/illustrated-programming-quotes/dijkstra-astronomy-computers-browserling-comic.png)
Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material. Quote by Alan Kay.
![](https://catonmat.net/images/illustrated-programming-quotes/alan-kay-lisp-building-material-browserling-comic.png)
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. Quote by Pablo Picasso.
![](https://catonmat.net/images/illustrated-programming-quotes/pablo-picasso-useless-computers-browserling-comic.png)
Bonus quotes:
Give me the command line and I shall move the world. Quote by modern day Archimedes.
![](https://catonmat.net/images/illustrated-programming-quotes/archimedes-command-line-browserling-comic.png)
The three great virtues of a programmer are laziness, impatience, and hubris. Quote by Larry Wall.
![](https://catonmat.net/images/illustrated-programming-quotes/alan-kay-laziness-impatience-hubris-browserling-comic.png)
See you next time!