Hacking Quotes

“I was never interested in money. It was all about the challenge.”

“We were explorers, not criminals.”

“Shut up and hack.”

“I'd do it again. I was exploring a system. I was a neophyte. I was learning a system. The phone company is a system. A computer is a system, do you understand? If I do what I do, it is only to explore a system.”

“You are not a true hacker until you have written a major open-source program that has been used and appreciated by many other people.”

“There's a certain joy in hacking - not breaking into computers - but in making a computer do something it was never intended to do.”

“To be a hacker, you have to have a basic attitude: the world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved.”

“Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.”

“Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people.”

“It's a basic principle of the Hacker Ethic that you should be able to create your own tools.”

“My primary crime was curiosity.”

“I was addicted to hacking, more for the intellectual challenge, the thrill of the chase, and the escape from reality.”

“Playfully doing something difficult is the essence of hacking.”

“My crime is that of curiosity.”

“Mistrust authority—promote decentralization.”

“Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not bogus criteria such as degrees, age, race, or position.”

“A true hacker is not a criminal, but someone who loves to learn and explore.”

“To be a hacker, you don't have to be a geek. You can be a musician, an artist, or a writer.”

“There is no such thing as an unhackable system.”

“My actions were unlawful, but I was not motivated by personal gain.”