Larry Wall Perl Quotations

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

Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.

Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.

To Perl , or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.

Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.

I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is...

Perl should remain fast and intuitive (to the extent that it is

Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.

Perl programming is an *empirical* science!

Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.

Perl is designed to give you several ways to do anything, so consider picking the most readable one.

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.