A program that has not been tested does not work.

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

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

Clearly, I reject the view that there is one way that is right for everyone and for every problem.

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

Most of the programmers in ten years will be us, and we won't get much smarter.

When done well, software is invisible.