Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already.

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 they want, of course, isn't what you can give them. What you're selling is the hope you can.

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.

I can handle the craziness some of the time, maybe most of the time. But I know I can't handle it all of the time.

The Bronx are great. I have a lot of respect for those guys, they know more about music and how that world works than most of the players out there.

I relish simplicity as an all-comprehensive value.

You need to have the humility to accept your limitations as long as they're there, and have the humility to accept their end when that time comes.

A lot of people just think that that's unreasonable or preposterous. But you know, if everybody chose to do it God's way, the world would be a lot better off.

Those of us who are pro-life should demand more from Congress. While we waste time on stuff like this, genuine legislation to protect life is ignored.

During my teen years, for Halloween, I went as a registered voter.

Stop killing your brothers and your sisters and help them out in any difficulty. That's my message.