Information wants to be useful.

Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.

You don't have to know the whole language to use it usefully, you can do baby talk, you can do grown up talk, you can cuss in it, you can write poetry, you can be a playwright, is sort of the idea.

Odd that we think definitions are definitive.

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.

The world has become a larger place. The universe has been expanding, and Perl's been expanding along with the universe.

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 me money if it makes them feel better.