Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

Portability should be the default.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

A small man can be just as exhausted as a great man.

Sacred gifts: life, nature, good health, strength, joy, prosperity of soul, children, family, friends….!

I would fight of course. Oh, I would fight. Better destroy everything than surrender her.

It is courage courage courage that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity!

Have confidence in who you are and don’t be afraid to go for what you really want in life.

I am a very outspoken person, and if something makes me uncomfortable, you will know that it makes me uncomfortable, but that's as far as it goes.

One of my missions was to teach.

The record producer is the music world's equivalent of a film director.

Being with him after so long, after everything we'd endured...it was like coming home.

Never play with the feelings of others, because you may win the game but the risk is that you will surely lose the person for life time