Larry Wall Quotes

When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi.

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• A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
  • Life
  • Good
  • Happy

• I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Me
  • Angel
  • Drink

• Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.

  

  Gary North
  • Law
  • Jesus
  • Biblical

• My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Me
  • Mom
  • Talent

• I've worked with a lot of really great actors, but it's not very often that you all bond so easily.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Great
  • You
  • Bond

• It's really not my thing to go after what comedians are doing. Because I always feel like we're jesters at the end of the day.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Day
  • End
  • End Of The Day

• In South Africa, being Chinese meant I wasn't white and I wasn't black. I trained in Baragwanath Hospital, the largest black hospital in South Africa. That was around 1976, the time of the Soweto Uprising, when police fired on children and students who were protesting. I was part of the group of interns who volunteered to treat them.

  

  Patrick Soon-Shiong
  • Time
  • Children
  • Black

• It seems to me that Halloween is the perfect time to get all over steampunk.

  

  Gail Carriger
  • Time
  • Perfect
  • Halloween

• I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Smile
  • Nervous
  • Friendliness

• My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.

  

  Sam Abell
  • Father
  • Night
  • Small

• I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively.

  

  P. Chidambaram
  • People
  • Respect
  • Decisions

• Car chases are as painstaking to make as they are fun to watch. They take a lot of time, and you have to keep the energy up.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Up
  • Time
  • Fun

• The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that race is no longer the bond that it once was. That's one of the prices you pay for progress.

  

  Ed Smith
  • Black
  • Community
  • Progress

• In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.

  

  FKA twigs
  • Time
  • School
  • Win

• I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • Time
  • Children
  • Support

• I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.

  

  Barry Bonds
  • Baseball
  • Fame
  • Assumptions

• Well, as a songwriter, it's really dangerous to use the word love in a song. It's a word that has been used in songs so many millions of times before, and it's the most popular topic to ever write about.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Love
  • Popular
  • Dangerous

• One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Design

• And now the sagacious reader, who is capable of reading into these lines what does not stand written in them, but is nevertheless implied, will be able to form some conception of the serious feelings with which I then set foot in Emmendingen.

  

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Reading
  • Serious

• My wife knows that I thrive on independence, and whatever girls live with me must know that, too. They must realize I have a certain respect for my wife and love for my children, and my work comes pretty much ahead of all that.

  

  Don Ho
  • Work
  • Live
  • Children

• First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • People
  • Great
  • Happy

• My goal was never to withhold information; my goal was to make sure everything was accurate, and frequently it wasn't.

  

  Cheryl Mills

• Tibetans must take full authority and responsibility for developing industry, looking from all different perspectives, taking care of the environment, conserving resources for long-term economic health, and safeguarding the interests of Tibetan workers, nomads, and farmers.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Different
  • Long
  • Health

• When in doubt, parenthesize. At the very least it will let some poor schmuck bounce on the % key in vi.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Doubt