We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types - in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor.

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.

If we aren't willing to do whatever is required, " he said finally, "then we risk losing what we have been mandated to protect.

If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.

Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

When you learn your lessons, the pain goes away.

I really like visiting schools, but what I tell students isn't anywhere near as interesting to me as what they tell me.

Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me.

I truly believe that when you've found the one you're searching for, you become a better version of yourself. You're better for it.

I have been in love with the thought of Heraclitus.

All calls for justice require that victims feel avenged, and revenge is never just if it’s disproportionate.

When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.