All Larry Wall Quotes
- Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative. Charged
- You need to go and find someone to teach you the rudiments of irrational discourse. Computer
- There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit. Air
- Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in. All
- The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely repeating yourself. Computer
- I think I'll side with the pissheads on this one. Computer
- The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise. Computer
- The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send… All
- Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes. Computer
- Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something. Computer
- I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is... Certified
- I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable. Computer
- When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted… Any
- True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want. Coerce
- You can’t change the past. You can’t even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one moment at a… Change
- When's the last time you used duct tape on a duct? Duct
- The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. Chief
- There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we… All
- You cant change the past. You cant even change the future, in the sense that you can only change the present one moment at a… Cant