I'm afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn't cut it in the emergency room.

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.

Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.

Failure. It doesn't exist. 'Failure' is just what happens when we lose perspective.

I don't do sports, really.

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.

The dream, alone, is of interest. What is life, without a dream?

Somebody like a Piggy or a Kermit, there needs to be several versions and so there will be several of them.

Joe Lieberman frightens me. Why should we, an Hollywood voter, donate money to a man who threatens our creative freedom, our freedom of expression.

... uncritical love is the only real treasure.

We lend power to the things we fear!

I look forward to continuing the debate about Britain's future - in Parliament and across the country.