Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.

Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things.

The whole history of computers is rampant with cheerleading at best and bigotry at worst.

Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.

Would you trust the linguistic intuitions of someone who has been studying Latin or Greek for three days?

There's some entertainment value in watching people juggle nitroglycerin.

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.