Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence. Едсгер Дейкстра, The Humble Programmer, ACM Turing Lecture 1972
C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off. Б'ярн Страуструп, FAQ: Did you really say that?, 1986
There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses. Б'ярн Страуструп, FAQ: Did you really say that?
A good programmer is someone who looks both ways before crossing a one-way street. Даг Ліндер
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. Білл Гейтс