I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.

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.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're being reactive and not proactive. And when you try to be proactive, they accuse you of being capricious and arbitrary. So I don't wanna be a manager.

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.