Quotes by Parentheses We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses. Alan Perlis parentheses ballpoint-pens nests You cannot put patience and experience into a parenthesis, and, omitting them, bring hope out of tribulation. Alexander MacLaren tribulation parentheses experience They looked at each other like a pair of parentheses. Daniel Handler parentheses pairs The created World is but a small Parenthesis in Eternity. Thomas Browne parentheses eternity world