The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself.

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.

God is whispering in your heart, in the whole existence, just tune your ears.

Justice is not to be taken by storm. She is to be wooed by slow advances.

It's more than a job. It's very personal, so when you're hurt, you're really hurt inside.

Beneath their surface differences, there are a lot of deep, underlying differences.

For those of us who are fortunate to share an Irish ancestry, we take great pride in the contributions that Irish-Americans.

The librarian's mission should be, not like up to now, a mere handling of the book as an object, but rather a know how (mise au point) of the book as a vital function.

I regard the people as a great being, inspired by a single idea. This is my problem. I strove to solve it in this opera.

I'd like to harness their youthful energy with a strap.

From the fall of October, 1980 to March, 1984 I never lost a competition.

My rule is, whatever is the most urgent is what I do next.