Larry Wall quotes
Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.
Beauty? What's that?
I don't think it's worth washing hogs over.
The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris
What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.