"There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful--many more"

"I think we should look for elegance in the applications built, rather than in the languages themselves"

and my favorite: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses"

all via: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/bs_faq.html#really-say-that