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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Proof by analogy is fraud.”

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

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