Larry Wall

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.

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

A kid is something precious, and you want to protect it and keep it fun. I'm not a dad, but I've seen people and how they behave with their kids.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.