"C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."

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Source : Bjarne Stroustrup's FAQ: Did you really say that?, www.stroustrup.com.

Bjarne Stroustrup

#Witty Quotes #Humorous Quotes #Blow Quotes

“And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.”
“Secrets, silent, stony sit in the dark palaces of both our hearts: secrets weary of their tyranny: tyrants willing to be dethroned.”
“I remember periods where we didn't even have beats in our club sets, but people kept dancing. The beat wasn't even necessary, because it was a biokinetic experience - that's our metaphor for the dance and the body and all its expressions. From today's point of view, this would be totally impossible.”
“It's time for me to do things I like so I will be happy, my wife will be happy, my friends will be happy. I just want to do something I'm proud of. It's time for me to change. I could sign with a company for 10 movies and I'm the king of video and so what?”
“I like cappuccino, actually. But even a bad cup of coffee is better than no coffee at all.”
“Sometimes it's important to vote - you know, to make a statement, to make a point; certainly, many of us who were involved in the Nader campaign in 2000 felt that way.”
“If one girl with courage is a revolution, imagine what feats we can achieve together.”

Source : "A queen's message to girls: More than tiaras and cupcakes". Open Letter by Queen Rania of Jordan, www.cnn.com. June 17, 2013.
“Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic.”

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