This does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.

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.

You make the world a better place by making daily improvements to become the best version of yourself.

It has been die providence of nature to give this creature nine lives instead of one.

Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines.

By far the strongest poison to the human spirit is the inability to forgive oneself or another person. Forgiveness is no longer an option but a necessity for healing.

The only person who fears nothing is one who has nothing to lose.

No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

Outdoors for me is walking from the car to the ticket desk at the airport

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.

I work hard but I play hard.

Its very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job which shows every sign of being easy, then you are a prisoner of effortlessness.