God's view on LISP, and Perl:

"Truly, this was the language from which the gods wrought the universe."

"No, it's not."

"It's not?"

"I mean, ostensibly, yes. Honestly, we hacked most of it together with Perl."

Hahaha.. That explains both the elegance of it all, and how damn confusing it is to reason through the inner workings.

xkcd - Perl: When you absolutely, positively, must create the universe in seven days