Larry Wall Quotes

I like fixing things.

To pay more is the easy way. In fact, the solution possibilities to the problem are many.

You don't have to know how to build an automobile or a television set or a laptop to know how to use it.

That gets me upset- you're jamming along, checking out the crowd and having a good time, and then your equipment goes down. You can't just stop the show and say, 'Oh, Jeff's got a guitar problem.'

a technician who uses the term “glitch” is like a Doctor who tells you you’re suffering from a “thingy,” except the doctor won’t tell you to go home and try turning yourself on and off again.

If you don’t know how to fix it, please, stop breaking it.

If it's broken, it can be fixed.

If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs.

When you're providing a service to somebody, you're the guy they always call when something's wrong.

Not causing trouble, not touching anything, fixing the primus.

I am interested in finding solutions to problems.

For many years, even as users became more sophisticated, personal computers took too much effort to use without problem-solving, keeping alive the yearning for greater simplicity. Microsoft's dominant Windows platform, in particular, was a home for all manner of bugs and problems that required IT people to straighten out.

Give me a user manual, and I'm happy for hours.

Gear not working on a live show - that is rough.

When somebody is describing their job as fixing problems for someone, that usually does not suggest that they're dealing with their tax returns.

I learned to not be afraid to fix things that break.

My mom and dad had a store, and sometimes people would return broken stuff. I'd take it apart and reassemble it. At 16, I really understood the architecture of things.

Generally, you cannot solve a problem without defining the problem completely.

Deals are always a bit lumpy. We look at, 'Is it solving a problem for us?' And if it does, we move to acquisition.

A long time ago, we had to build interfaces to connect with other companies, and I thought that was a great idea. The company had to pay a lot of money to build it and basically launched it, but our whole operating system almost broke. So, we couldn't continue it. In the end, I had to go on the train to Paris to explain that I had spent millions.

Ask anyone in the industry if Bumbada is accessible. A technical hand can call me at 2 A.M. and I will be there to help him.

There's a solution to every problem. I just have to find the right solution to fix this problem

[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.

One of the things that I do like about filmmaking is that you find out how to solve new problems.

Leaders fix things that are broken.