335 Quotes by Larry Wall

We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise.

One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.

Computer languages differ not so much in what they make possible, but in what they make easy.

Basically there's just so much stuff flowing past on the internet now, you have to let most of it go. And I've grown accustomed to the process of not worrying too much about the stuff I'm not getting to, because the important stuff will come back around.

If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing?

I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.