Our civilization depends critically on software, and we have a dangerously low degree of professionalism in the computer fields

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

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.

First, I'd like to see the basic tools such as compilers, debuggers, profilers, database interfaces, GUI builders, CAD tools, and so forth fully support the ISO standard.

After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either.

When done well, software is invisible.

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since I no longer know how to use my telephone.

The first law of computer science: Every problem is solved by yet another indirection.

C++ is my favorite garbage collected language because it generates so little garbage

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

An organisation that treats its programmers as morons will soon have programmers that are willing and able to act like morons only.

Sometimes people hate you. Just hate them back.

A lot of people don't see the obstacles, struggles, and challenges that come as payments for success, that's why they tend to see successful people as individuals who are very lucky in life.

I take my part in the food chain very seriously.

Industrialism, whether of the capitalist or socialist coloration, is the basic tyrant of the modern age.

I don't know why 'happy' can't be a story.

People come and go, pain comes and goes. But so does joy. And if our hearts are closed because we don't want to suffer, they won't be open enough to recognize the joy as it flies by.

Persuasion isn't about the people you disagree with. It's about the fulcrum; the persuadable audience.

Parents aren’t the people you come from. They’re the people you want to be, when you grow up.

Mark Ryden is my favorite visual artist.

I cannot get close to any you.