335 Quotes by Larry Wall

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.

You know, I've got my hands in 30 or 40 different pots simultaneously and so I have a little bit of all of that where I work.

I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

Portability should be the default.

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

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

Programmers can be lazy.

There's often more than one correct thing. There's often more than one right thing. There's often more than one obvious thing.