But the possibility of abuse may be a good reason for leaving capabilities out of other computer languages, it's not a good reason for leaving capabilities out of Perl.

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.

What's so great about writing?" "You can make anything true

... that's how life should be, when one person loses heart, the other must have heart and courage enough for both.

It ain't no disgrace for a man to fall but to lie there and grunt is.

Music never dies. Do we really need another Madonna tour? Does she have to compete with women performers 25 years her junior?

Prayer irrigates the fields of life with the waters which are stored up in the reservoirs of promise.

You can neither win nor lose if you don't run the race

Bop is at the end of the road. Now everybody wants dance music.

Probably the biggest compliment someone can give you is, "Gosh, you look great. You don't look tired."

I would like for my kids to at least have some familiarity with who I am: "It's the man from TV!"

Emotional makeup is more important than technical skill