In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon. — Larry Wall Courage Copy Share Image
It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all... — Larry Wall Book Copy Share Image
A Perl program is correct if it gets the job done before your boss fires you. — Larry Wall Boss Copy Share Image
I'm just paid to do whatever I want to do. Some of the time it's development, and some of the time it's… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
...this does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The trouble with being quoted a lot is that it makes other people think you're quoting yourself when in fact you're merely… — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity. — Larry Wall Inspirational Copy Share Image
And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days? — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
The camel has evolved to be relatively self-sufficient. On the other hand, the camel has not evolved to smell good. Neither has… — Larry Wall Animal Copy Share Image
Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else… — Larry Wall Humans Copy Share Image
I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up… — Larry Wall Baby Copy Share Image
We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious. — Larry Wall Distinction Copy Share Image
You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
There's a saying in the software design industry: "Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two." — Larry Wall Design Copy Share Image
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident. — Larry Wall Accident Copy Share Image
It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing. — Larry Wall Inspirational Copy Share Image
I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise. — Larry Wall Computer Copy Share Image
