Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.

I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that's too interesting, I have to pay attention to it.

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?

If you're a large corporation, you can afford to pay the money to register patents, but if you're an individual like me, you can't.

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.

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