Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.

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.

In my mind, I saw a string stretching from Henry’s heart at Quiet Waters to my heart. It was taut and it vibrated with Henry’s worries and fears and I felt them all.Deeply. I felt them all.

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts.

The great thing about this jungle of ours is that anyone of you could grow up to be Lord of the apes.

There is no subjection so perfect as that which keeps the appearance of freedom.

Wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery.

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers -- they help us to learn.

Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s impossible.

The concept of individual with a conscience is one whose highest allegiance is to his fellow man.

[Allison Janney] could memorize anything.She would memorize in the makeup trailer!

I go running. I go into nature. I really alleviate lot of emotional stress, any kind of stress I'm going through - exercise is my favorite medicine.