It's appositival, if it's there. And it doesn't have to be there. And it's really obvious that it's there when it's there.

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.

We recognised that the youth demographic needed to be pursued, preferably with dogs.

You are not a murderer. I find it difficult to think of that as a personality flaw.

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.

It's so important to have that independence. You know it yourself: Everyone needs evenings of their own.

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.

I love the music, but being on the road ain't a piece of cake, but it is real rewarding. You've got to - all those people can't come to my house, so I've got to go out on the road and play for them.

Only the fool wants to go into battle to beat someone for the satisfaction of beating someone.

Error will slip through a crack, while truth will stick in a doorway.

Precise adaptation, with each part finely honed to perform a definite function in an optimal way, can only lead to blind alleys, dead ends, and extinction.

Love is like a dying ember, only memories remain.