There are only two things wrong with C++: The initial concept and the implementation.

You can either have software quality or you can have pointer arithmetic, but you cannot have both at the same time.

Incorrect documentation is often worse than no documentation.

Correctness is clearly the prime quality. If a system does not do what it is supposed to do, then everything else about it matters little.

C++ is the only current language making COBOL look good

Ask not first what the system does; ask what it does it to!

Software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification.

Eiffel borrows quite openly from several earlier programming languages and I am sure that if we had found a good language construct in C we would have used it as well.

The role of a trainer or consultant is to empower the customer, not to make himself indispensable

Perfect reusable components are not obtained at the first shot.

Constants are widely known for the detestable practice of changing their values; we should prepare ourselves against the consequences of such fickleness

The flowers left thick at nightfall in the woodThis Eastertide call into mind the men, Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, shouldHave gathered them and will do never again.

A man seeking publicity works with the noise of voice; A man working for humanity seeks the silence of rejoice in life.

Bond investors are the vampires of the investment world. They love decay, recession - anything that leads to low inflation and the protection of the real value of their loans.

Because we are living in a culture increasingly dominated by fear where many feel blocked.

They are miserly, the princes of Austria, you need not grieve about it; they may not donate anything, but they allow themselves tobe fleeced, the good lords.

It is unacceptable to risk the lives of American soldiers and sailors merely to accommodate the sexual lifestyles of certain individuals.

Olay BB Cream is a lifesaver, and I wear it every day while I train and compete. Twenty-four-hour hydration and sheer color helps me look flawless even when faced with that unforgiving Jumbotron!

During the late nights, try to walk in the empty streets with an empty mind! Light of wisdom will soon accompany you!

Look, we don't love like flowers with only one season behind us; when we love, a sap older than memory rises in our arms.