That being said, I think we should immediately deprecate any string concatenation that combines '19' with '99'.

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.

Words reveal your beliefs and intentions. Actions reveal your character. When they are in alignment, they reveal your greatest life.

Without triers they would never be any successors

Live to learn . . . forget . . . and learn again.

What I have said to people is that I've lived the American dream, because I have.

At this time let us be exceedingly mindful that bearing one another's burdens and sharing one another's suffering is integral to being members of Christ's body.

I often think it's unfair to the listener and "too easy" to just choose one tempo while I make and decide the songs.

We will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things.

I definitely have an alter ego that can come out and get me out of situations where I'm having social anxiety. I can take a deep breath and create a bubble so I can perform in some way.

All political activity must serve and promote the good of the human person and be based on respect for his or her dignity.

When you finally figure out what you really want, everything else pales in comparison.