The amateur software engineer is always in search of magic.

The function of good software is to make the complex appear to be simple.

A fool with a tool is still a fool.

All of life is iterative. It goes back to the point I made earlier, which is you can't a priori know enough to even ask the right questions.

The task of the software development team is to engineer the illusion of simplicity.

Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it.

In 2031, lawyers will be commonly a part of most development teams.

Hierarchy is a kind of order of abstractions.

UML is not dessert topping and floor wax.

C++ also supports the notion of friends: cooperative classes that are permitted to see each other's private parts.

Ah, but who do you think created the chaos?

You are right... I am lonely. But unlike the rest of this world I am not lonely for anybody.

The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on.

Doing the right thing at all costs is an absolute, and only a sith deals in absolutes.

You become that to which you are most exposed.

Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eighth or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise you know? 'oh, my darling, you have knees! I never would have thought

Sometimes I wish I were a cannibal – less for the pleasure of eating someone than for the pleasure of vomiting him.

Our Constitution represents the work of the finger of Almighty God.

Ralph [ Nader] is an old friend of mine, and he does a useful job in displaying a position.

I've learned to not care. There are always going to be ridiculous rumours.

I'm doing a much smaller movie. It's set in Germany and it's a totally different subject matter. I'm trying to break it up.