Quote by Kathy Sierra

A class, in Java, is where we teach objects how to behave.

— Richard E. Pattis

Everything about the swing is about some guideline and some grid and the elegant way that you negotiate your way through that grid.

— Wynton Marsalis

You see people doing Java-based internal applications all over the place, regular desktop applications that are sort of front-ends to the things in the…

— James Gosling

Java is C++ without the guns, clubs and knives.

— James Gosling

Java is C++ without the guns, knives, and clubs

— James Gosling

“The apprentice avoids all use of Java classes. The journeyman embraces Java classes. The master knows which classes to embrace and which to avoid.”

— Michael Fogus

Order and surprise: these are two intertwined elements that make for any great library or collection.

— Michael Dirda

“The experience of writing something in Java and then trying to figure out—I myself have trouble installing Java on my computer—it's horrible.”

— Peter Seibel

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.

— Miguel de Icaza

Java is like a variant of the game of Tetris in which none of the pieces can fill gaps created by the other pieces,…

— Steve Yegge

Java development without a little heresy would be a dull place, and a dangerous one.

— Bruce Tate

Class, class, class

— Cheech