I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is...

When we say we are certain so-and-so can't possibly have done it, what we mean is that we think he very likely did.

— Logan Pearsall Smith

I think it likely that some of my pupils will reach unusual distinction.

— Howard Pyle

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is…

— Larry Wall

To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.

— Larry Wall

There's many scripting languages in the world, Perl is a little bit special because it is based more on some ideas from the way…

— Larry Wall

[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people…

— Larry Wall

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

— Larry Wall

Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.

— Larry Wall

Perl should remain fast and intuitive (to the extent that it is :-)

— Larry Wall

Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.

— Larry Wall

The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.

— Larry Wall

Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.

— Larry Wall

And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent…

— Larry Wall

I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?

— Larry Wall

Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.

— Larry Wall