Bjarne Stroustrup

“If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.”

“It's easy to win forgiveness for being wrong; being right is what gets you into real trouble.”

“C++ is designed to allow you to express ideas, but if you don't have ideas or don't have any clue about how to express them, C++ doesn't offer much help.”

“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”

“C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off.”

“Proof by analogy is fraud.”

“I have always wished for my computer to be as easy to use as my telephone; my wish has come true because I can no longer figure out how to use my telephone.”

“Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost.”