I invented the term Object-Oriented, and I can tell you I did not have C++ in mind. -- Alan Kay

Heureux l'étudiant qui comme la Rivière peut suivre son cours sans quitter son lit... -- Sebastien, sur commentcamarche.net

In terms of energy, it's better to make a wrong choice than none at all. -- George Leonard, Mastery.

Premature optimization is the root of all evil (or at least most of it) in programming. -- Donald Knuth

C++ is like teenage sex: Everybody is talking about it all the time, only few are really doing it. -- unknown

Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald Knuth

Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain. ~Anonymous

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu

We become what we think about most of the time, and that’s the strangest secret. ~Earl Nightingale

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success. ~Swami Vivekananda