#ill

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science. ↗

— Larry Wall

#architecture #came #coming #computer #computer science

The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases. ↗

— Larry Wall

#controlled #damn #harvard #humidity #law

There is no schedule. We are all volunteers, so we get it done when we get it done. Perl 5 still works fine, and we plan to take the right amount of time on Perl 6. ↗

— Larry Wall

#done #fine #get #perl #plan

To me, it's the White House and always will be. ↗

— Lew Wasserman

#house #me #white #white house #will

If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#back #blind #certainly #considerations #done

For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#alarm #cause #cultures #deeper #fire

Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#every #fresh #into #only #pangs

What we need are not prohibitory marriage laws, but a reformed society, an educated public opinion which will teach individual duty in these matters. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#educated #individual #laws #marriage #matters

This is so American, man: either make something your God and cosmos and then worship it, or else kill it. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#cosmos #either #else #god #kill

I think illness is a family journey, no matter what the outcome. Everybody has to be allowed to process it and mourn and deal with it in their own way. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#deal #everybody #family #i #i think