The potential of greater good goes right along with the potential for greater evil.

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.

The night is the balm for the wounded soul!

I always prefer a room with full of darkness.because lights irritates me.

The moment we pass out of our habits we lose all sense of permanency and routine.

It can be a bit annoying if another actor is trying to talk to the director and the wife is sitting on his lap.

I made my own house be my gallows.

There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.

Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.

The Dalai Lama says don't pray for peace, don't wait for peace, don't talk about peace - do it right now.

Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and they've squashed stories that they don't want the public to know about.

The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says.