With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.

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.

One should part from life as Ulysses parted from Nausicaa-- blessing it rather than in love with it.

I protect my skin with sunscreen and am religious about keeping my face moisturized and properly protected all day, so I also use a face lotion with SPF 30.

The term "trash talk" is such an American thing. I still laugh at it.

I don't want to live my life in a five-star hotel. That's not real life to me. You can't appreciate it.

Thats part of the fun, I guess, is having people excited about seeing you and signing autographs and getting to meet fans and things like that.

When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, the last thing that comes to mind is the nationality of the artist. The great masters belong to the world.

Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief.

I am still working on patter and presentation.

His head just disappeared into his shoulders.

It's not about me, it's about how I can help my team to achieve more. And I do that through scoring goals.