Code Quote by Guido van Rossum

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

— Michael Palin

Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java…

— Guido van Rossum

“when in Pythonland, do as Pythonistas do, not as C programmers do.”

— Mark Lutz

“Python is good enough for code that only has to respond to a single user at human speed, but not usually for code that…

— Anonymous

My own perception of that is somewhat colored by where people ask my advice, which is still, of course, about changes to Python internals…

— Guido van Rossum

Programming is the art of telling another human being what one wants the computer to do.

— Donald Knuth

In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very…

— Guido van Rossum

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.

— Seymour Papert

Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for Python yet?

— Eric S. Raymond

A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing.

— Anonymous

My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.

— Bram Cohen

Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.

— Larry Wall