The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris.
Larry Wall

The problems that I really like to solve are our cultural problems.
Larry Wall

I am not a sort of person who wants to run a company.
Larry Wall

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

Programmers can be lazy.
Larry Wall

Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
Larry Wall

Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.
Larry Wall