“The fate of Python is in the hands of the core developers, and that's a good thing.”— Guido van Rossum
“Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier to write than C, C++, or Java. It's a lot more concise. It's a lot more readable.”— Guido van Rossum
“Benevolent dictator for life... It gave me the ultimate power to settle arguments.”— Guido van Rossum
“I decided to call it Python because I was a big fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus.”— Guido van Rossum
“Python is an experiment in how much freedom programmers need. Too much freedom and nobody can read another's code; too little and expressiveness is endangered.”— Guido van Rossum
“If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best-kept secret in the world.”— Guido van Rossum