I am pragmatic. That which works, works, and theory can go screw itself. However, my pragmatism also extends to maintainability, which is why I also want it done well.

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.

The key is loveIt is the gatewayTo hopeTo joyTo enhanced livingLove is the answer

Madness is the acme of intelligence.

So…while we’re sitting here on this luxury yacht enjoying our bread and water, why doesn’t someone tell me the plan?

He has a beauty to him that is not quite angelic, a quality that's both ethereal and dark. (Jonathan)

Once you're a mom, always a mom. It's like riding a bike, you never forget.

Whatever you do not employ, you forfeit.

I feel very angry when I think of brilliant, or even interesting, women whose minds are wasted on a home. Better have an affair. It isn't permanent and you keep your job.

We have all made mistakes in this life. How we learn from our mistakes is the measure of who we are.

The greatest victory is that which requires no battle.

'If only' is the excuse of the loser; 'I can' is the affirmation of the winner.