Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

A computer is like air conditioning - it becomes useless when you open Windows

Most of the good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun to program.

Talk is cheap. Show me the code.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

Finnish companies tend to be very traditional, not taking many risks. Silicon Valley is completely different: people here really live on the edge.

Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships.

Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it.

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done.

What commercialism has brought to Linux has been the incentive to make a good distribution that is easy to use and that has all the packaging issues worked out.

Only wimps use tape backup. Real men just upload their important stuff on ftp and let the rest of the world mirror it.

Dad thinks I'm ready to fly around the country as the Ambassador of Hope, but Mom thinks I'm a frail little bird with broken wings.

It is of no consequence what others think of you. What matters is what you think of them. That is how you live your life.

Lust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path.

Jesus to me is somebody I can think about for security and confidence. Somebody I can revere in terms of bravery and in terms of courage.

the flip side of success is fear. And fear is the devil. And success is the devil's dope.

I love my home. It's the only thing I really spend money on. I don't really spend a lot of money on anything else. No fancy cars. No designer clothes.

There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

I get off on anticipating and waiting much more than I get off on the actual event.

My idea of a vacation is staying home and doing short day hikes, floating the river and things like that.