Larry Wall

The three great virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.

Perl is designed to make the easy jobs easy, and the hard jobs possible.

There's more than one way to do it.

Perl is a language for getting your job done.

I'm not a great programmer; I'm just a good programmer with great habits.

Perl is a language that doesn't try to tell you how to think.

The only way to learn a programming language is to write programs in it.

Perl is a language for people who like to get things done.

The computer is a tool, and like any tool, it can be used for good or ill.

Perl is a language that grows with you.

Good programmers are lazy. They want to write less code.

Perl is a language that lets you be creative.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

Perl is a language that's fun to use.

I'm not a guru, I'm just a guy who wrote a language.

Perl is a language that's constantly evolving.

The only constant in the universe is change.

Perl is a language that's powerful and flexible.

Don't optimize for the compiler, optimize for the human.

Perl is a language that's easy to learn, but hard to master.