Understanding why C++ is the way it is helps a programmer use it well. A deep understanding of a tool is essential for an expert craftsman. -- Bjarne Stroustrap

C++ is history repeated as tragedy. Java is history repeated as farce. -- Scott McKay

Any fool can make the simple complex, only a smart person can make the complex simple. -- unknown

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. -- Winston Churchill

First learn computer science and all the theory. Next develop a programming style. Then forget all that and just hack. -- George Carrette

Photography is painting with light. -- Eric Hamilton

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. ~Diane Ackerman

You may only succeed if you desire succeeding; you may only fail if you do not mind failing. ~Philippos

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. –Booker T. Washington