Python Quotes · Page 3

Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.

— Larry Wall

“What makes Python stand out are two more libraries that have been built on top of NumPy:”

— Anonymous

“String manipulation. This is incredibly easy in Python.”

— Anonymous

Monty Python: A documentary series on everyday life in Great Britain.

— Frank Portman

You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show.

— Graham Chapman

I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?

— Larry Wall

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

— Larry Wall

Perl is another example of filling a tiny, short-term need, and then being a real problem in the longer term.

— Alan Kay

I think the great sketch shows, like 'Python' and 'Mr. Show,' they didn't stick around for very long. There's something kind of…

— Tim Heidecker

I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At…

— Louis Leakey

Remember that film 'Sliding Doors,' when John Hannah woos Gwyneth Paltrow by reciting Monty Python sketches? I can tell you now that…

— Stephen Merchant

Python has been an important part of Google since the beginning, and remains so as the system grows and evolves. Today dozens…

— Peter Norvig

I've always looked up to Amy Poehler and, obviously, people like Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Mel Brooks, and the 'Monty Python' guys.

— Andy Samberg

There's no gap between the writer and the performer, which is what I think makes [Monty] Python unique. Five or six people…

— Eric Idle

My dad is into movies, and they let me watch movies. I was obsessed with Monty Python when I was in preschool…

— Charlie Tahan

I like that feeling of discombobulation that comes in creating an absurd world that doesn't make sense. 'Monty Python' does a good…

— Reggie Watts

I didn't work hard to make Ruby perfect for everyone, because you feel differently from me. No language can be perfect for…

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

I would really like to do a movie. Schedule-wise I don't know when exactly, but I think it would be great to…

— Fred Armisen

I've learned to take care of myself. You know, I try to stay conscious of whatever my energy is at all times,…

— Brent Sexton

'Pastoralia' by George Saunders. Possibly my favorite book. It's one of the weirdest books I've ever read. If Monty Python and Thomas…

— Libba Bray

Head coach of the England team demands management skills that Brian does not have. We had a head coach who wanted one…

— Lawrence Dallaglio

I just don't know when we all decided that if it doesn't fit in a Happy Meal box, it's not for kids.…

— Gore Verbinski

So many computer languages try to force you into one way of thinking and Perl is very much the opposite of that…

— Larry Wall

Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry…

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

When I was in my late teens, I discovered 'Fawlty Towers' and 'Monty Python,' and they still make me laugh.

— Shaun Evans

When everyone was listening to pop music I was listening to Monty Python records.

— Richard Herring

Whatcha gunna do when Hulkamanina and my 24 pythons run wild on you?!?!?!!?

— Hulk Hogan

Python carries his loneliness in him as if he had eaten clay.

— Barbara Chase-Riboud

People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.

— Michael Palin

Marriage is the flimsiest weapon against desire. You may as well take a pop-gun to a python.

— Jeanette Winterson

Python is executable pseudocode. Perl is executable line noise.

— Bruce Eckel

Monty Python has such a huge following... myself included.

— Merle Dandridge

Modern programs must handle Unicode —Python has excellent support for Unicode, and will keep getting better.

— Guido van Rossum

I'd grown up loving English films. I was a huge Monty Python fanatic as a kid.

— Alessandro Nivola

I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.

— Larry Wall

I have a weird sense of humour. My dad's the same. We love watching 'Monty Python' together.

— Miranda Kerr

Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.

— Larry Wall

I was what they call 'skinny fat' - a body that resembled a python after swallowing a goat.

— A. J. Jacobs

Growing up, I watched shows such as 'Blackadder' and 'Monty Python' with my parents.

— Mathew Baynton

“Julia intends to combine the best from MATLAB, R and Python into one language that is supposed to be consistent, well designed…

— Anonymous