Bjarne Stroustrup > Quotes

“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.”
― Bjarne Stroustrup

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

“Proof by analogy is fraud.”
― Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition

“There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.”
― Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition

“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.”
― Bjarne Stroustrup

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

“I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.”
― Bjarne Stroustrup

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

“Insanity is hereditary: you get it from your children.”
― Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language: Special Edition

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