When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.

A Perl program is correct if it gets the job done before your boss fires you.

Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.

A good messenger expects to get shot.

There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.

Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.