I can mostly laugh at myself and this whole mess called "Linux developers," which means that I get along with most people and most people get along with me.

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.

There is no cure for fictional character love, but the plus side is that it is an entirely benign disease with no bad side effects.

I want to really take chances. I want to be funny in a lot of different ways. I'd like to be great. I want to reach for greatness.

Drive, ego and cocksureness are all essential elements in terms of getting exactly what you want but losing everything you've got.

I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.

The leading cause of death is birth.

Although some fools find rudeness sexy, it is never the path to seduction.

The octave formed a circle and gave our noble earth its form.

It's easy to direct while acting - there's one less person to argue with.

The National Park Service today exemplifies one of the highest traditions of public service.

Dads in the family are even more important than women in the workplace. The workplace benefits from women, but the family needs dads.