If you don't know who Larry Wall is then never mind.
Here's a sampler:
"Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi."
"Hubris itself will not let you be an artist."
"Real programmers can write assembly code in any language."
The rest are here. But I warn you. I've shown you the only ones that are not inane.
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