You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse.

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 day when the fire that we had lit in our minds reaches our hearts, we will start turning every person that we come in contact with into ashes. We become the ghosts that we always feared.

To find it, give the love that you seek.

From the depths of my brain thoughts are outflows to convert into scientific forms.

...you knew I was confused, tormented, but you enticed me - led me on...

At every trifle take offense, that always shows great pride or little sense.

Since the beginning of time, women have had to fight for what they deserve. I'm proud to be a part of a wave of strong women on TV!

I mean that I value vision, and dread being struck stone blind.

A child gets moral notions from the fairy-tales he delights in, as do his elders from tale and verse.

The best thing we can do is be a servant of God. It does good to stand up and serve others.

Every woman is the gift of a world to me.