Quotes from Larry Wall

We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.

I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.

I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.

I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.

Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.

Besides, REAL computers have a rename system call.

I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one.

Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.

Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

Part of language design is perturbing the proposed feature in various directions to see how it might generalize in the future.